US and Russia discuss disarmament
Clinton gave the Russian minister a button reading “reset” in English [AFP]
The United States and Russia plan to have a new disarmament agreement by the end of the year, Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has said.
Clinton said the two countries had “agreed on a work plan” after she met Sergei Lavrov, the Russian [...]
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