“The fact that Blinken has already declared his readiness to deal with the extension of the Strategic Arms Treaty in earnest is a positive signal that we welcome,” RIA Novosti Ulyanov quotes.
Earlier, the candidate for the post of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke about the possibility of extending START III.
He noted that this issue will be resolved "almost immediately after Joseph Biden takes over as president."
In December, after a press conference by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who reminded of Moscow's readiness to work on the agreement, the US President's Special Representative for Arms Control Marshall Billingsley said that Washington “has offered five times, including in writing, to meet to finalize the deal on freeze / extend ".