Geneva summit creates opportunity for more productive work on arms control - TASS

The recent Russian-US summit in Geneva created opportunitites for more productive work in the arms control domain, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview with Italy’s RAI TG1 on Tuesday.

"I think what came out of the meeting are some possibilities, at least, of working more productively, for example, on strategic stability, arms control so that we get control of some of the nuclear weapons that remain in an effective way," reads a transcript of the interview, released by the US Department of State.

"Also in the cyber area, we’ve had this - these recent attacks, so-called ransomware," Blinken continued, adding that the US was expecting "practical results" from "some constructive conversations" on the issue.

The US authorities expect that constructive conversations with Russia on cybercrime would produce practical results, Blinken said.

"We want to make sure that it’s clear that no responsible country should be in the business of harboring, giving refuge to criminal organizations engaged in these kind of attacks. I think we had some constructive conversations and we’ll see if there are practical results that flow from it," he said.

In Blinken's opinion, Russia and the United States have areas where they can work together, but reiterated that Washington was ready to respond to Moscow’s "aggressive actions."...