Russia not to rejoin New START unless U.S. changes Ukraine stance
"The Putin administration does not think to review its suspension of the New START nuclear arms treaty with the United States until Washington side changed its policy on Ukraine," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in a statement on Wednesday.
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- Published Date: 04:26 | 01 March 2023
- Modified Date: 05:40 | 01 March 2023
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday that Moscow could not review its suspension of the New START nuclear arms treaty with the United States until Washington side changed its policy on Ukraine, Interfax reported.
President Vladimir Putin last week announced that Russia was suspending its participation in the deal, accusing the United States of trying to inflict a "strategic defeat" on Russia in Ukraine. He signed the suspension into law on Tuesday.
Ryabkov said the two countries continued to discuss issues around the treaty via "closed channels", Interfax said.
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