VIENNA, June 23 — The US envoy to nuclear arms control talks with Russia yesterday taunted China for refusing to attend, posting a picture of Chinese flags placed at empty seats around the table, which Beijing dismissed as an act of “performance art.” US President Donald Trump has sought to...
Tuesday, 23 Jun 2020 07:33 AM MYT
US President Donald Trump has sought to include China in talks to replace New START, the flagship nuclear arms treaty between the United States and Russia, which expires in February. China, a nuclear power with an arsenal a fraction the size of those of the Cold War-era superpowers, has repeatedly declined.
His post included a picture of Chinese flags at empty seats around the negotiating table, with no explanation for how they were placed there when China was never due to attend. Russia, for its part, posted pictures of the talks after they started, with seats filled and no Chinese flags. Austria's Foreign Ministry, which hosted the talks, declined to comment.
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