“The problem of converting part of the strategic carriers of the United States raises the question of the viability of the treaty (START III) - RT . But even in this case, we are not talking about a unilateral withdrawal from the START Treaty, despite all the problems associated with its implementation by the American side, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
At the same time, the diplomat added that Russia is concerned about the attitude of the United States towards compliance with the provisions of this treaty, stressing that it does not blackmail American partners with its way out of it.
Earlier in Moscow and Washington evaluated the meeting in Geneva on the problems of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles.
Andrei Koshkin, Doctor of Political Sciences, head of the department of political science and sociology of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, assessed the situation around the agreement in an interview with the FAN.