Ambassador: Time is right for new arms control agreement The Trump administration has sketched out a framework that it hopes will avoid a three-way arms raceALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The Trump administration has sketched out a framework that it hopes will avoid a three-way arms race as a deadline nears for extending the only remaining nuclear arms control deal with Russia and as China looks to expand its nuclear forces. Ambassador Marshall Billingslea, the special presidential envoy for arms control, spoke with The Associated Press about negotiations with Russia while touring some of the top nuclear research labs and production sites in the United States. It represents the only remaining nuclear arms control deal between the two countries after they both withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty last year. “We need to get the experts together to get comfortable with technical solutions that enable meaningful arms control going forward,” he said, with the goal being security and stability in Europe and Asia. ———This story has been corrected to show agreement would apply to all nuclear warheads.

Source: ABC News September 16, 2020 16:26 UTC