Russia Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is holding talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton in Moscow.
Their meeting is being held just a few days after Trump announced that he intended to pull the United States out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty.
Russian news agencies cited Shoigu as saying that “even small steps will benefit our relations and help restore trust” between the two countries.
Bolton arrived in Russia yesterday when he met Security Council chairman Nikolai Patrushev. He is expected to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin later on Tuesday.
Trump over the weekend declared his intention to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty because he claims Russia has violated it, the Washington Post recalls.
