US has ‘no extra excuses’ to keep away from New START Treaty dialogue as Russia is able to renew it instantly – Russia’s FM Lavrov

Moscow has made it clear that it is able to prolong the landmark 2010 treaty aimed toward decreasing US and Russian nuclear arsenals at any time, leaving Washington with no excuse to impede its renewal, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov stated.

The US claimed that Russia was hampering the prolongation of the 2010 version of the Strategic Arms Discount Treaty (START) by asking “some questions on how the People are fulfilling their obligations,” the overseas minister instructed Russia’s Channel 1.

However President Vladimir Putin lately proclaimed Moscow is able to prolong it instantly and with out preconditions.

Now this ambiguity is eliminated, and our American colleagues not have any excuses.

Moscow is hoping that Washington “will react in a constructive means,” as a result of “we’re dedicated to renewing the START Treaty in a bilateral context.”

Signed by the US and Russia in 2010, the treaty restricts the event and deployment of nuclear weapons and the technique of their supply. It’s anticipated to run out in early 2021, however there’s nonetheless no signal that Washington will renew it.

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