The United States is ready to resume the START dialogue with Russia, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, at a briefing for foreign journalists.
“New START is important [с ним] both [страны] safer. “It made the world a safer place, and that’s why America would like to stay in it.” – Kirby was quoted as saying by TASS.
This is how the coordinator responded to the question about the possibility of resuming the relevant negotiations.
Kirby commented on the statement of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation at the request of the briefing participants. Sergey Ryabkov Although Russia’s position on nuclear testing has not changed, the Russian Federation will not carry out nuclear tests if the United States refrains from taking such measures.
“I’m not going to get into hypotheses about nuclear testing in this or that case. You know, it’s hard for us to take at face value what Russian officials say when it comes to this issue,” Kirby said.
Let us recall that the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin declared on February 21, 2023 that Russia was suspending its participation in the New START Treaty, but not withdrawing from it.
