In the United States called one of the conditions for the extension of strategic offensive arms

“One of the main problems with the START treaty, among its many other shortcomings, is that the Chinese are not involved in it,” Billingsley quoted The Washington Times.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, commenting on the US proposal to attract China to START III, said that “it’s impossible to connect China to the current treaty in principle, just as it’s impossible to add some other weapons systems from the category of“ exotic ” they are now called in Washington. "

He explained that in this case it would be necessary to develop a completely new document, which would require "a lot of" time.