Read more about Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin speak over phone on arms control, Ukraine on Business Standard. The two leaders also agreed to explore strategic stability discussions on a range of arms control and emerging security issues
WORLD / EUROPE By AFP Published: Jan 27, 2021 04:33 PM
Photo taken on Dec. 17, 2020 in Moscow, Russia shows the live broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking during his annual press conference. This year, due to coronavirus-related restrictions, Putin s annual year-end press conference was held online on Thursday. (Xinhua/Bai Xueqi) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday submitted a bill to parliament that would extend by five years a key nuclear pact with the US that was set to expire next week.
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), signed in 2010, caps to 1,550 the number of nuclear warheads that can be deployed by Moscow and Washington, who control the world s largest nuclear arsenals.
"We hope that the efforts being made now will yield results and will allow the JCPOA to be preserved, and the United States will return to full implementation of this resolution," Russian Foreign
US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday discussed arms control and other issues during their first phone conversation, said the White House.
2021-01-27 13:05:39 GMT2021-01-27 21:05:39(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
MOSCOW, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) The Russian State Duma, or the lower house of parliament, on Wednesday ratified President Vladimir Putin s bill on a five-year extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).
At a plenary session, State Duma deputies approved the bill submitted by Putin on Tuesday on the extension of the significant arms control pact between Russia and the United States, the house said in a statement.
The New START reached by the world s two largest nuclear powers cannot be overestimated and it is of great significance for the whole world, State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said.