"No winner in nuclear war" Russia's foreign minister asks for a new START extension September 28, 8:37
On the issue of the US-Russia nuclear disarmament treaty “New START” coming to the end of next year, Russia ’s Foreign Minister Labrov said that “there is no winner in the nuclear war” and called on the US to respond to talks to extend the treaty. It was.
“New START” is a nuclear disarmament treaty that stipulates reduction of strategic nuclear warheads held by the United States and Russia. Although it will expire in February of the next year, the United States will insist that China should be included in the framework of disarmament. Consultation towards is stagnant.
Russia's Foreign Minister Labrov spoke at the United Nations General Assembly on the 27th, saying, `` We proposed to make a statement with the leaders of the United States and Russia that nuclear war would not be allowed, but there was no answer from the US side, and tensions are growing. '' I showed a sense of crisis.
He said, “There is no winner in the nuclear war,” and urged the United States to respond promptly to talks about the extension of the treaty.
The INF = medium-range nuclear missile abolition treaty, which was one of the two pillars of nuclear disarmament between the United States and Russia, expired last month, and "New START" is the only nuclear disarmament framework left in the US and Russia. .