“Our partners, led, of course, by the United States, are coming out of more and more agreements, and the security space is getting narrower and narrower, and the threats that existed before that, and it seemed to us that we have options and opportunities to advance along to minimize them even further - unfortunately, this is not only stopped, but also degrades every year, ”the Vesti website quotes him.
The head of the Ministry of Defense added that Russia is ready to cooperate on the extension of START III.
“We have already said a hundred times that we are ready; nobody is negotiating with us so far. After all, there is no formal formalization of the negotiation process, and in 2021 everything will end (the effect of START III. - RT ). I draw your attention to the fact that there will be no tools at all restricting the arms race, ”said Shoigu.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow was ready to extend the START III treaty by the end of the year.
In turn, the Pentagon Deputy Head John Rood noted that the START III parties still have time to try to expand the agreement.