GENEVA (AN) — Diplomats from the United States and Russia held "professional and substantive" discussions in Geneva on Wednesday seeking ways to defuse rising tensions and avoid a new nuclear arms race, according to U.S. State Department officials.
The talks between delegations led by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov resulted from the U.S.-Russia summit at Geneva in mid-July between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden.
