Peskov said that only Russia and the United States can ensure strategic stability in the world. Earlier, the head of the US Strategic Command, Air Force General Anthony Cotton, said that the Pentagon would like Russia to return to negotiations on strategic stability.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his address to the Federal Assembly, called the statements of the U.S. authorities about their alleged readiness to negotiate strategic stability as demagoguery. Putin stressed that Russia’s position remains the same.