Russian Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said on Wednesday that Russia and the United States could commit new parties to arms control deals, explaining that the priority is for Britain and France.
He added: “In the long term, the participants in arms control agreements will have to be increased. The involvement of Britain and France is a high priority, as they have close coordination with Washington in military nuclear policy within NATO,” he said. “Sputnik”.
He also added: “This issue has gained particular importance in light of London’s recent decision to increase the maximum number of nuclear warheads by 40 percent to 260.”
Extension of the treaty
And last January, the State Duma voted to approve the extension of the “New START” treaty to limit nuclear weapons for five years.
“The agreement between Moscow and Washington has been extended for a period of five years, until February 5, 2026,” the Council said. in a note after the unanimous approval of the deputies present during a broadcast plenary session in television.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted by the RIA news agency as saying that Russia and the United States had agreed to extend the new START Treaty on the limitation of nuclear weapons on Moscow terms.
The White House announced that President Joe Biden has proposed a five-year extension of the “New Start” treaty with Russia to limit the nuclear arsenal.
New start terms
The new START treaty limits the number of strategic nuclear warheads, missiles and bombers that Russia and the United States can deploy.
The treaty, which is the latest such agreement between the two former Cold War enemies, sets the ceiling for each of the two nuclear powers’ arsenals at 1,550 warheads, a reduction of nearly 30 percent from the previous limit set in 2002. It also limits the number of bombers and heavy bombers to 800, and this is Enough to destroy the Earth multiple times.
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