Russia and the United States meet in Vienna to discuss the extension of the Treaty on the reduction of strategic offensive arms (the start Treaty, start-3). This was reported on the website of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia.
during the consultations were discussed including maintaining stability and predictability in terms of termination of the Agreement on the elimination of intermediate and shorter-range missiles (INF Treaty), after the US withdrawal. Inter-Ministerial delegation of the parties was headed by Deputy foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and the special Envoy of the President of the United States on arms control and acting senior Deputy U.S. Secretary of State Marshall Billingsley.
the fact that Russia and the United States to discuss arms control at the meeting in Austria, it became known on June 20. It was reported that China also sent an invitation to participate in negotiations.
Russian Deputy foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the agreement with the United States in the field of arms control and strategic stability will be achieved only taking into account the interests of Russia. He added that Washington repeatedly violated international agreements.
the Contract on reduction of strategic offensive arms (start-3) was signed in 2010 by then presidents of Russia and the USA Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama. The agreement came into force in 2011 and his term expires in February 2021-th.
