“Unfortunately, Washington has unilaterally 'frozen' bilateral dialogue on strategic stability... endangering the prospects for maintaining the foundations of arms control.
Russia is ready to resume consultations as soon as the US is ready,” the diplomat wrote in a Newsweek article.
Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov previously stressed that Moscow did not break off contacts with the United States and does not intend to curtail them, but it was Washington that advocated ending the dialogue in a number of important areas.
According to the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov, relations between Russia and the United States could improve if Washington takes a constructive position.