JAKARTA - The Russian government said it was ready to look at a new world with restrictions on nuclear arms control after the New START agreement between its country and the United States (US) ended this weekend.
The Kremlin spokesman for arms control and Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov said there was an exception to that, namely if Russia-US reached a new agreement in the last minutes, before the New START agreement expires on Thursday, February 5.
"This is a new moment, a new reality - we are ready for it," Ryabkov told Russia's Tass news agency, in the midst of his visit to Beijing, China, for "strategic stability consultations" on Tuesday, February 3.
The New START treaty, which limits strategic missiles and warheads to 1,550, was signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and then-US President Barack Obama in 2010.
When asked by the New York Times last month, US President Donald Trump indicated that he would let the agreement expire.
However, Trump has not officially responded to Russia's proposal to continue to abide by the missile and warhead limits in the agreement for another year to give time to think about what to do after the agreement expires.
"The lack of answers is also an answer," Ryabkov continued.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
