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2021-02-04 07:35:27 GMT2021-02-04 15:35:27(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Photo taken on June 22, 2020 shows the Niederoesterreich Palace where the first round of new disarmament talks between the United States and Russia is held in Vienna, Austria. (Photo by Georges Schneider/Xinhua)
BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) Just two days before the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), Russia and the United States completed the necessary procedures for its extension for five years until Feb. 5, 2026, the maximum period allowed by the treaty.
The extension of the treaty has been widely reckoned as an imperative step to maintain verifiable limits on the world s largest nuclear arsenal and has reinvigorated the nuclear arms control regime to safeguard world peace and stability.
The United States on Wednesday formally extended a critical nuclear accord with Russia for five years, opting to prolong limits on the arsenals of both nations two days before the treaty s expiration date and bringing a measure of stability to U.S.-Russia relations on nuclear matters.
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MOSCOW (AP) Moscow is ready for a quick deal with the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to extend the last remaining arms control pact, which expires in just over two weeks, Russia’s top diplomat said Monday.
Months of talks between Russia and President Donald Trump’s administration on the possible extension of the New START treaty have failed to narrow their differences. The pact is set to expire on Feb. 5.
Biden has spoken in favor of the preservation of the New START treaty, which was negotiated during his tenure as U.S. vice president, and Russia has said it’s open for its quick and unconditional extension.