Lavrov: Russia will not fulfill the unrealizable US requirements on START

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SOLNECHNOGORSK (Moscow region), 23 Aug – RIA Novosti. It is unclear what the outcome of the START negotiations will be, but Russia will not meet the requirements USA, including on the issue of participation China, said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov, speaking at the forum “Territory of Senses”. Vienna On August 17-18, another round of consultations between the Russian Federation and the United States on strategic stability and arms control took place. The delegations were headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov and the US President’s Special Representative for Arms Control Marshall Billingsley. “I don’t know what the final result will be (of the START Treaty – Ed.), But we honestly told the Americans that the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Arms, which expires in February, we need, we would be in favor of extending it without preconditions, but we don’t need it any more than the Americans need it, “Lavrov said. According to him, this would mean the loss of the last instrument that regulated the state of affairs in the field of nuclear weapons. The Treaty on the Reduction of Strategic Offensive Arms (START-3) ) is the only valid arms limitation treaty between Russia and the United States. It will cease to operate after February 5, 2021. RF President Vladimir Putin previously proposed to extend the contract for five years without preconditions. Meanwhile, the US administration at various levels is stressing the need to include China in negotiations to negotiate a new trilateral nuclear deal between Russia, China and the United States. IN Beijing this idea is rejected.

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