US says it’s ready for nuclear talks with Russia and China
(VOVWORLD) -US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Friday said the US is willing to maintain current nuclear warhead limits in accordance with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) if Russia does through the life of the treaty.
 US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (Photo: ZUMA Press) |
At the annual National Arms Control Association meeting in Washington on Friday, Sullivan called on Moscow to join the new treaty to replace the New START, which expires in February of 2026. He said the US is ready for nuclear talks with Russia and China ‘without preconditions’.
The US and Russia signed the New START Treaty in 2010, which caps the number of strategic nuclear warheads that the United States and Russia can deploy. Under the agreement, Moscow and Washington are committed to deploying no more than 1,550 strategic nuclear warheads and a maximum of 700 long-range missiles and bombers.
In February, 2021, Russia and the US extended the treaty for another five years.