The US State Department considers that Russia violated the START Treaty is blocked by inspections
The Wall Street Journal that this is the first case of the presence of DNSR, when Washington accused Moscow of non-compliance with the commission
Russia violated the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Objectives (START). This was reported on Tuesday by The Wall Street Journal, citing a State Department report sent to the US Congress.
Message about export to Moscow Interfax.
Significantly, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov said that the situation is not yet of particular importance for the discussion of the bilateral Russian-American commission on START.
In August 2022, Russia notified the United States that it was temporarily withdrawing its facilities from inspection activities under START-3. In the decision of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the meeting was that “such actions are provided for by paragraph 5 of Section I of Chapter 5 of the Protocol to the START Treaty.” “They are undertaken in exceptional cases and for purposes not contrary to the treaty. The Russian Federation is currently forced to resort to this measure of Washington’s stubborn desire to explicitly restart the inspection inspection under conditions that do not take into account the needs of reality, pursue unilateral benefits for the United States and actually deprive the Russian Federation of the rights to inspect the population on the territory, ”the statement says. statement. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
In the meantime, the State Department is showing a willingness to work constructively with Russia to implement the Strategic Offensive Consequences Treaty (START), despite the blocking of the inspection by Moscow, Australian media report.
“The United States has presented a willingness to work constructively with Russia to fully implement START,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. excerpts from which the media are derived.
It is noted that, according to Washington, the implementation of START remains within the framework of observance of US national security, it limits the severity of Russia’s nuclear forces and gives Washington an idea of these forces.
The United States, according to the statement, is calling on Russia to “give permission to conduct an inspection on its territory” and to hold a meeting of a joint Russian-American bilateral conference on START.
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