“We are striving for this.
It is not a secret, we want to discuss these issues in approximately the same way as you said.
We have not yet agreed with the Americans on this topic.
The Americans want to discuss something else and something else, "RIA Novosti quotes Ryabkov's answer to the question whether the American side agreed to discuss defensive and offensive weapons in their nuclear and non-nuclear equipment.
According to the deputy minister, the parties "have just begun to approach this topic."
Earlier Ryabkov said that Britain and France were not ready to join the dialogue on strategic stability.
The Deputy Minister was also pleased with the way the Russian-American consultations on strategic stability in Geneva were held.