MOSCOW, Aug 12 (NNN-TASS) – Russian Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, and U.S. Secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin, discussed results of recent bilateral consultations on strategic stability, during a phone call yesterday.
The officials also exchanged views on issues of global and regional security, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a brief statement.
U.S. President, Joe Biden and Russian President, Vladimir Putin, agreed at their first summit in Geneva in June, to launch a Strategic Stability Dialogue, to lay the groundwork for future arms control and risk reduction measures.
The first round of such dialogue was held in Geneva on July 28, when both sides discussed approaches to maintaining strategic stability, the prospects for arms control and measures to reduce risks.
