Russia postpones arms talk with US

MOSCOW/KYIV — Russia announced on Monday that it was postponing highly anticipated arms control talks with the United States, scheduled to take place in Egypt despite tensions over the Ukraine conflict.

"The session of the bilateral coordinating committee on the Russian-American START Treaty, previously scheduled to take place in Cairo between Nov 29 and Dec 6, will not take place on the dates indicated," a Foreign Ministry spokesperson told state-run news agency TASS. "The event is postponed to a later date."

The United States had said this month that it expected to meet with Russia soon to discuss the possible resumption of inspections under New START, a key nuclear disarmament treaty between the two countries.