US President Joe Biden said on August 1 that Russia should show readiness to resume work with the US on nuclear arms control.
Source: US President Joe Biden
The President’s administration is ready to “expeditiously negotiate” a replacement to New START, the treaty capping intercontinental nuclear forces in the United States and Russia, which is set to expire in 2026.
“Russia should demonstrate that it is ready to resume work on nuclear arms control. But negotiation requires a willing partner operating in good faith. And Russia’s brutal and unprovoked aggression in Ukraine has shattered peace in Europe and constitutes an attack on the fundamental tenets of international order.”
He added that China is also responsible: within the framework of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – as a state possessing nuclear weapons and as a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
“The world can be confident that my administration will continue to support the NPT and seek to strengthen the nonproliferation architecture that protects people everywhere.”
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