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The details of this proposal are yet to be studied, the spokesman said

22 Jan in 15:00 The decision of U.S. President Joe Biden to propose a five-year extension of the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) serves defense interests of the U.S. and gives time to negotiate new agreements, Chief Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby said. "President Biden’s decision to seek a five-year extension of New START advances the nation's defense," he noted. "Russia's compliance with the treaty has served our national security interests well, and Americans are much safer with New START intact and extended, the Pentagon ...

22 Jan in 16:40 Russia welcomes the United States’ political will to extend the Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START), but everything will depend on the details of this proposal, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "Russia is for preserving New START and for extending this treaty in order to gain time for talks and contacts. We can only welcome the political will to extend this document, but everything will depend on the details of this proposal, which is yet to be studied," Peskov said. He stressed that "it is of great impo...

The agreement is expiring in just 16 days, Secretary of State Nominee Antony Blinken noted

Lloyd Austin said that he believed "is in the national security interests of the United States and its allies and partners to pursue formal, verifiable arms control agreements that reduce the nuclear threats from Russia and China"