Readiness for talks and need for new agreement: situation around New START treaty

MOSCOW, February 6. /TASS/. The fact that the United States ignored Russia’s proposal on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is "regrettable," Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Geneva office and other Geneva-based international organizations Gennady Gatilov said.

US President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that he believes that instead of keeping in force certain provisions of the New START treaty, Russia and the United States need to forge a new agreement on nuclear reduction.

TASS has compiled key facts on the situation around the expired New START treaty.

Russia will pursue an approach to the issue of strategic offensive arms based on a careful analysis of the United States’ military policy, Gatilov said.

Russia, in his words, remains open to seeking political and diplomatic ways to stabilize the strategic situation.