U.S. diplomats staged a photo showing Chinese flags in front of empty seats at the start of nuclear talks in Vienna as a way to pressure Beijing over its refusal to participate
"Beijing still hiding behind #GreatWallofSecrecy on its crash nuclear build-up, and so many other things," he added — apparently a reference to Trump's oft-repeated allegations that China withheld information about the outbreak of the coronavirus.New START Treaty
, which is due to expire in February. The meeting represents a resumption of the dialogue on nuclear nonproliferation, which has been suspended for at least a year and a half. In that time, major components of the nuclear control infrastructure have crumbled, including the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty , whichThe U.S. has insisted that China should join the discussions, which have long been a two-way conversation between Washington and Moscow.
According to Kommersant, Russia's delegation in Vienna objected to the placement of the Chinese flags without China's presence, and the Russian ambassador to Austria posted a photo of the meeting room, after the talks had started showing participants with only only name cards and bottles of water on the table.
But the newspaper reported that before the Russian delegation arrived, the Americans placed the flags in front of the empty seats and took a photograph. U.S. and Russia flags can be seen in the background.
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