Bolton hails \'very comprehensive and productive\' talks in Russia

Bolton hails 'very comprehensive and productive' talks in Russia

AFP  |  Moscow 

US on Tuesday praised "productive" talks with and other Russian officials during a two-day trip to

"I had a series of very comprehensive and productive discussions," he told a press conference after the visit in the wake of US Donald Trump's announcement he would pull out of a nuclear arms treaty with

A 90-minute meeting with Putin touched on the conflict in and election meddling as well as Trump's decision on the arms treaty, Bolton said. "We discussed our continuing concern with Russian meddling in elections and why it was particularly harmful for Russian-American relations without producing anything in return," he said.

"We had lengthy conversations about arms control issues, the new strategic landscape and the INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) treaty." Bolton earlier said Trump wished to meet Putin when the two visit on November 11 for World War I commemorations.

During the press conference he said arrangements were being made for that meeting.

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First Published: Wed, October 24 2018. 00:15 IST