RUSSIA: A TOP U.S. ENVOY JOHN BOLTON IS HOLDING ARMS TALKS IN MOSCOW OVER MISSILE DEFENCE

Record ID: 646869

  • Title: RUSSIA: A TOP U.S. ENVOY JOHN BOLTON IS HOLDING ARMS TALKS IN MOSCOW OVER MISSILE DEFENCE
  • Date: 21st August 2001
  • Summary: (W4)MOSCOW, RUSSIA ( AUGUST 21, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV EXTERIOR RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY GUEST HOUSE 0.07 2. SLV UNITED STATES DELEGATION STANDING AT TABLE 0.14 3. SV UNITED STATES ENVOY JOHN BOLTON 0.18 4. SV RUSSIAN ARMS NEGOTIATOR GEORGY MAMEDOV (DARK HAIR, GLASSES) SMILING 0.23 5. SLV DELEGATIONS SEATED AT TABLE 0.36 6. SV PULL IN MCU OF MAMEDOV SEATED 0.48 7. CU NAVAL CAP 0.52 8. MCU UNITED STATES ENVOY JOHN BOLTON 0.59 9. SLV DELEGATIONS SITTING AT TABLE 1.04 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th September 2001 13:00
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVAELKW1KM77CUOIN4J7057V4IA4
  • Story Text: A top U.S. envoy John Bolton is holding arms talks in
    Moscow, continuing a diplomatic march at forced pace toward a
    showdown over missile defence.



    Under-Secretary of State John Bolton was the third
    senior U.S. security official to visit Russia since Presidents
    George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin agreed at a summit in Italy
    last month to hold the new consultations.

    Bolton met Russian arms negotiator Georgy Mamedov, a
    deputy foreign minister on Tuesday (August 20).

    Washington wants to persuade Moscow to agree to reject a
    1972 arms treaty that bans a missile defence shield which Bush
    wants to build.

    Russia has not budged from its opposition to the shield
    and is also seeking a commitment to reductions in both sides'
    nuclear stockpiles, with the right to verify the cuts,
    something Washington opposes.

    The latest statements from both sides have been less
    optimistic about the prospects for a quick deal.


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