Russian Foreign Ministry Announces US Movement to Increase Arms Tension

This, according to RIA Novosti, Lavrov said at a general meeting of the Russian Council on Foreign Affairs.

According to the minister, the Russian side at the end of 2019 sent the United States proposals regarding the extension of the Strategic Arms Reduction and Limitation Treaty (START III).

“So far, we have not received an answer, but in the meantime we see the movement (USA) in the opposite direction, in the direction of increasing tension in the sphere of strategic stability, in the field of nuclear weapons,” he said.

Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the need to track US deployment of the INF