Russia Hails US Proposal For New START Extension

Russia welcomes the United States’ political will to extend the New START, but everything will depend on the details of this proposal, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told the media on Friday.

Earlier, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that President Joseph Biden was in favor of extending the contract without any changes or conditions.

Let us recall that at the moment the New Start is the only treaty in force between Russia and the United States, which concerns arms limitation and ensures global security.

Vladimir Putin's proposal to extend the New Start by five years was not accepted by the previous Donald Trump administration and created tensions in view of the imminent end of the Treaty. The Russian president counted on a change in the situation with the arrival of the new US administration.