Russia appeals to Europeans to heed U.S. INF exit, warns of new arms race (7)

Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy (L, back) talks with Chinese Permanent Representative to the UN Zhang Jun (R, back) prior to a UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security, at the UN headquarters in New York, on Aug. 22, 2019. Russia's deputy UN envoy on Thursday appealed to European countries to heed the United States' recent withdrawal from a Cold War arms control treaty and warned of a possible new arms race. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)