March 24, 2012 - 11:16 AMT
U.S. Undersecretary for Arms Control to visit Russia

Acting Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller will visit Moscow during her European tour from March 26 to April 5 to discuss the future of conventional arms control in Europe, the U.S. State Department said.

The upcoming tour, which also includes visits to Vienna, Tallinn, and London, is part of an on-going series of meetings with her European counterparts to discuss arms control-related issues of mutual interest.

In Moscow, Gottemoeller will also speak to students at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations on arms control in the information age, the State Department said in a statement, RIA Novosti reported.