MOSCOW, February 6. /TASS/. A vacuum has formed following the New START Treaty’s expiration, and Russia is ready for any possible developments, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.
"As you may well know, the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty expired yesterday, and such a vacuum has formed," Lavrov said following his talks with Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Feridun Sinirlioglu and the organization’s current chairman, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis in Moscow.
"Our stance has been set out in detail in our ministry’s special statement and we proceed from the fact that, in principle, Russia is ready for any possible scenario regarding this issue," he added.
Russia’s top diplomat also said that Moscow still "favors a dialogue" regarding this issue.
"We will keep waiting to see how the United States is ready for the reciprocal step," Lavrov said.
