“He said that the actions of the United States have a largely negative effect. In fact, the scrambling of the INF Treaty, the complete ignorance of all of us, what the fate of START-3 will be, whether there will be an extension or not, because the United States does not index its position, ”RIA Novosti quoted the Kremlin representative as saying.
According to him, the president spoke about this and expressed concern in this regard.
“And in many ways, of course, it is shared by the BRICS participants,” Peskov added.
Earlier, the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, noted that the Strategic Offensive Arms Reduction Treaty (START III) could terminate after the INF Treaty.
As Putin emphasized, the START is the last instrument to limit the arms race.
Russia's ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, indicated the willingness of the Russian side to continue a constructive dialogue with Washington on arms control.