2021-01-29 18:35:25 GMT2021-01-30 02:35:25(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Video Player
Close
MOSCOW, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill into law ratifying a five-year extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with the United States.
The validity period of the New START will be extended by five years to Feb. 5, 2026, the Kremlin said in a statement.
The Russian parliament approved the extension of the key arms control pact on Wednesday. Earlier in the week, Moscow and Washington agreed on the extension in the form of exchanging diplomatic notes.
The extension of the treaty meets Russia s national interests, makes it possible to preserve the transparency and predictability of Russia-U.S. strategic relations, helps to maintain strategic stability in the world, positively affects the international situation, and contributes to the nuclear disarmament process, the Kremlin said.
Trying to Box in Biden on Arms Control
Former Trump officials complain that the new president doesn’t want what they failed to achieve.
On Joe Biden’s first full day in the Oval Office, the White House announced its readiness to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, for five years. Former Trump administration officials wasted no time attacking the decision, asserting falsely that their work had provided a basis for achieving something more substantial with the Russians.
These former officials are criticizing the Biden team for failing to aim for what they could not get during four years in office. They seek to set their failed negotiating aspirations as a bar against which to judge and disparage their successors’ work.
At a plenary session on Wednesday, the State Duma, or the lower house of parliament, approved the bill submitted by Putin on Tuesday on the extension of the significant arms control pact between Russia and the US, the Xinhua news agency reported.The
At a plenary session on Wednesday, the State Duma, or the lower house of parliament, approved the bill submitted by Putin on Tuesday on the extension of the significant arms control pact between Russia and the US, the Xinhua news agency reported.The