US, Russia Meet for Talks Amid Tensions Linked to Ukraine

US, Russia Meet for Talks Amid Tensions Linked to Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, MD - APRIL 03: US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman arrives on April 3, 2015 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Sherman returned after participating in Iran nuclear program talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Switzerland (Photo by Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images)

By KONSTANTIN MANENKOV and JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press

GENEVA (AP) — Senior U.S. and Russian officials have formally launched special talks on strategic stability as part of a flurry of diplomatic activity in Europe this week aimed at defusing tensions over a Russian military buildup on the border with Ukraine.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov led a delegation arriving by Swiss police escort at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Geneva for the latest round of face-to-face talks with Wendy Sherman, the U.S. deputy secretary of state, and her team.

The meeting is part of "Strategic Security Dialogue" talks launched by Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin during a June summit in the Swiss city.

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