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Added on the 03/02/2021 21:02:25 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
New US President Joe Biden's administration proposes a five-year extension of New START with Russia, the last remaining nuclear reduction treaty between the powers, which expires on February 5, White House press secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters during her daily press briefing. SOUNDBITE
Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un shake hands as they meet for their first-ever talks. IMAGES.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns Russia that it would withdraw from the Cold War-era treaty limiting mid-range nuclear arms if Moscow does not return to compliance within 60 days. SOUNDBITE
The European Commission urges the US and Russia to continue talks to "preserve" a nuclear weapons treaty after US President Donald Trump said Washington was withdrawing from the deal. SOUNDBITE
The United States denounces Russia's veto that ended a UN panel monitoring sanctions on North Korea, accusing Moscow of seeking to hide its growing military cooperation. "Russia's actions today have cynically undermined international peace and security, all to advance the corrupt bargain that Moscow has struck with the DPRK," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says, referring to the North by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).