“The topic of discussion during our meeting was the situation around START.
Subsequently, the Americans went on to publish their claims to us on this issue, there was nothing unexpected or sudden in their signal for us, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
The State Department said earlier that the US authorities are ready to accept Russian inspectors at their facilities as part of the implementation of the strategic offensive arms treaty.
Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov noted that in order to move forward with the New START, the United States must abandon its anti-Russian policy.