The Kremlin defended that talks on a new nuclear treaty between Russia and the United States will only be possible based on mutual respect and taking into account the concerns of both parties, commenting on the call by the US president. , Joe Biden, to address the issue with Moscow.
“Only based on mutual respect, based on taking into account the concerns of each party and being willing to listen to the concerns of each party ”, the spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov, warned at a press conference, reacting to Biden’s proposal.
The US president proposed the day before to start immediate negotiations with Moscow for the signing of a new nuclear treaty, instead of START III (New START), which expires in 2026.
“Moscow has repeatedly spoken about the need to start these negotiations as soon as possible, since there is little time left,” said Peskov.
According to the spokesman for the Kremlin, “if the treaty expires without having been replaced by a solid foundation, this would have the most negative effect on global security and stability, especially in the area of arms control.”
“For this reason, from the beginning we advocated starting to talk as soon as possible, but until now the United States has not shown de facto any interest in any type of substantive contacts, which are so necessary,” he said.
Shortly after arriving at the White House in January 2021 and just ten days before the expiration of the treaty, Biden agreed with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, to renew START for five more years.
This latest disarmament treaty between the two countries limits the number of strategic nuclear weapons, with a maximum of 1, 550 nuclear warheads and 700 ballistic systems.
Putin, who maintains that the arms race in the world “is e n march” since the US abandoned the anti-missile treaty in 2002, he addressed the non-proliferation conference the day before with the phrase: “In a nuclear war there can be no winners”.
“This must never be unleashed, we advocate security on equal terms and indivisible for all members of the international community,” he said.
Last December the Kremlin set conditions for peaceful coexistence with USA, which included the signing of a new treaty that excluded the deployment of nuclear weapons outside its borders and the return to its silos of weapons already deployed.
In an unprecedented proposal , which the US rejected, both parties would also commit to the destruction of the already existing infrastructure abroad, in addition to ceasing to carry out nuclear tests and instructing civil and military specialists from other countries.
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