Russia puts 'conditions' for resuming the suspended nuclear treaty with US
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to open new youth centres in Russia's regions.
After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, US-Russia ties have not fared well. Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended Russia's participation in the New START treaty with Washington. The treaty limits US and Russian nuclear stockpiles.
Moscow appears to not wanting to return to prospects of resumed cooperation between the world's two biggest nuclear superpowers. Russia's head of the Department of Nonproliferation and Arms Control at the Foreign Ministry, Vladimir Yermakov on Friday (April 12) said that US has not contributed any 'fundamentally new ideas' to control nuclear arms.
"As for the fate of the START Treaty and the agreement to replace it, it is as pointless to talk about it at this stage as it is to assess prospects for resolving, through political and diplomatic means, any other problems that have accumulated in the area of strategic stability," Yermakov said in an interview with a Russian news agency.
"Washington should not be under any illusions about prospective new agreements in the field of arms control. We don't see this as a tragedy and are prepared for any scenario," he added.
He also explained Putin's 'conditions' to start the dialouge to resume the treaty between US and Russia. It includes "a preliminary rejection by the United States of the policy to undermine Russia's security."
Another option is for the US to demonstrate "genuine desire for comprehensive efforts focused on eliminating the root causes of the fundamental disagreements created by the Americans, which threaten a direct military clash between our countries."
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Last year, at his annual speech, Putin said that Russia will suspend its participation in the New START Treaty, maintaining that Moscow was "not withdrawing from the agreement, no, but rather suspending its participation."
Afterwards, in a conversation with Sergei Lavrov, the Russian ambassador to the United States, Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Moscow to resume implementing the START Treaty, citing the mutual benefit to both nations.
In November 2023, Lavrov stated that conversations on this issue with Washington are "impossible" as long as it supports Ukraine.
