The agreement capping the number of warheads and the means of delivery is set to expire on February 5<\/p>\n
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has urged the US to take up its proposal for a one-year extension of a key nuclear arms control treaty set to expire on February 5.
\nThe New START agreement, signed in 2010, caps deployed nuclear warheads at 1,550 and restricts the number of nuclear-capable missiles and launchers, as well as heavy bombers.
\nIn September, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a one-year extension of the treaty, citing the need to avoid an arms race and further escalation. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Lavrov said the offer remains on the table.
\n\u201cLet\u2019s take a year to cool down, if you will, and consider the responsibility of great powers for global security and stability, especially in preventing a nuclear war. We are ready,\u201d\u00a0he stated.
\n\u201cThe extensions of the numerical limits could be announced at any moment before February 5. By the way, when New START was extended shortly after US President Joe Biden assumed office [in 2021], it was done just a few days before its expiration date,\u201d Lavrov added.
\nThe Russian Defense Ministry said last month that it had not received a substantive response on the matter from Washington.<\/p>\n
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