Russia said Wednesday it will continue observing the limits set under the expired New START nuclear arms treaty if the United States does the same. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told lawmakers that Moscow’s moratorium on exceeding the treaty’s caps will remain in place as long as Washington does not surpass them.
New START, signed in 2010, limited each country to 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads and included verification measures, according to CBS News. The agreement expired this month after a five-year extension under the previous administration.
Russia will keep observing the missile and warhead limits in the New START nuclear treaty with the United States, which expired last week, as long as Washington continues to do the same, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.#Russia pic.twitter.com/JkRLkjTjDa
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President Vladimir Putin has previously indicated Russia would maintain compliance on a reciprocal basis. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has argued that any future arms deal should include China. Beijing has rejected joining trilateral talks, citing its smaller arsenal.
The White House has not outlined a new strategy. Both sides recently agreed to restore high-level military communications, but no new arms control framework has been announced.
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