the special representative of the President of the United States arms control Marshall Billingsley called the main condition for the extension Russian-American agreement on strategic offensive arms (start), reports the Washington Times.
According to him, Moscow must convince China to sit down at the negotiating table.
Billingsley said that “one of the main problems with the new start Treaty” is that it “does not involve the Chinese.” He also expressed the view that the agreement was more favorable to Russia than the United States.
on 7 may, the President of the United States Donald trump after a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Washington and Moscow want to reach agreement on arms control. During the interview, the us leader said that now is the right time for cooperation.
In early April, Russia has once again called US as soon as possible to extend the start Treaty. In turn, the US said about exploring options to extend this agreement.
However, later it became known that Secretary of state Mike Pompeo and Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov agreed to intensify dialogue on the new start Treaty.
start Treaty was signed in 2010. He remains the only existing agreement between Russia and the USA on the limitation of armaments. The agreement ends in February 2021.
On the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, reducing strategic offensive arms and the other.
