State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Friday:
• "Russia abruptly and unilaterally postponed the meeting, which was supposed to last a week".
• "No mention of this united state Taking completely wrong responsibility".
• "The American side was constructively preparing to address common concerns in the talks".
• "We stand ready to meet Russia in the New START Implementation Body".
• "We pledge to abide by the treaty in word and deed and urge Russia to demonstrate the same".
The Russian Foreign Ministry took responsibility on Tuesday to postpone talks until"hostile" The United States has not set a new date for the meeting.
And a treaty was concluded "A new start" In 2010, when relations were at their warmest, Russia and the United States limited themselves to a maximum of 1,550 nuclear warheads each, a reduction of almost 30% from the previous limit set in 2002.
Russia announced in August that it would suspend US inspections of its military sites under the treaty, saying it was a response to US obstruction of Russian inspections.
US President Joe Biden has moved to isolate and economically punish Russia, since his military onslaught began Ukraine Which has received billions of dollars in American weapons to defend itself.
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Russia and the United States were to meet on Nov. 29 in Cairo for talks on “A new startIt is the last major disarmament treaty between the world’s two major nuclear powers and would have been a rare encounter since the invasion of Ukraine began in February.
State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Friday:
• “Russia abruptly and unilaterally postponed the meeting, which was supposed to last a week.”
• “No mention of this united state Taking responsibility completely wrong.”
• “The US side was constructively preparing to address common concerns in the talks.”
• “We stand ready to meet Russia in the new START implementing body”.
• “We pledge to abide by the treaty in word and deed and urge Russia to demonstrate the same.”
And on Tuesday, Russia’s foreign ministry accused the postponement of the talks of US “hostility” and did not set a new date for the meeting.
The New START treaty, concluded in 2010 when relations were at their warmest, limited Russia and the United States to a maximum of 1,550 nuclear warheads each, a nearly 30% reduction from the previous limit set in 2002.
Russia announced in August that it would suspend US inspections of its military sites under the treaty, saying it was a response to US obstruction of Russian inspections.
US President Joe Biden has moved to isolate and economically punish Russia, since his military onslaught began Ukraine Which has received billions of dollars in American weapons to defend itself.
