2023-10-25 11:21:32
11:21 a.m.: Moscow will talk nuclear with the Americans when they are less “hostile”
Russia said Wednesday it would only discuss nuclear arms control with the Americans when the United States ceases to be hostile toward Moscow. The New Start agreement, the last bilateral nuclear arms control treaty linking the two countries, expires in 2026 and its future is in question. Moscow is also revoking its legal commitment not to test atomic bombs.
“We believe that without a change in the deeply and fundamentally hostile attitude of the United States towards Russia, it is simply impossible to resume the dialogue on strategic stability, including on New Start,” he said. Russian media, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
According to him, Washington proposed the resumption of dialogue on these issues, wishing to “dissociate” these discussions “from everything that is happening”, seeming to refer to the numerous conflicts opposing the two countries, in particular Ukraine, which the Americans support. in the face of Russian aggression. “We will respond to the Americans at the appropriate time. In what form ? It is still too early to say,” added the vice-minister.
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