Russia assures that the suspension of the last disarmament treaty is “reversible”

The Foreign Ministry of Russia assured today that the suspension announced by the Russian president, Vladimir Putinof the last nuclear disarmament treaty with USA is “reversible”.

“The decision on the suspension of START III compliance may be reversible”, indicates the statement from Foreign Affairs.

To do this, the US must show “political will” and create the conditions for the resumption of the operation of the treaty and guarantee its validity, and that is that Moscow considers that START III or New START has not yet exhausted its importance for the “strengthening of international security and strategic stability”.

“However, it can only be fully realized if the potential for symmetrical, equal and rigorous compliance with START by both countries is restored. Until then, any concession to Washington under START is absolutely out of the question.”Explain.

Moscow accuses the US of instigating an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, which would have created for Russia “A totally different situation in the field of security.”

At the same time, it denounces Washington’s eagerness to deal Moscow a “strategic defeat” and they try to harm you “at any level, any sphere and any region of the world”.

Be that as it may, he stresses, Russia intends to continue respecting the limits imposed by START, a treaty that expires in 2026, as long as it remains in force.

Among other things, New START reduces the number of nuclear warheads by 30%, up to 1,550 per country.

Putin announced the suspension of compliance with the treaty today during his state of the nation address to both houses of Parliament.

“They want to deal us a strategic defeat and they get into our nuclear facilities. Therefore, I am compelled to announce today that Russia is suspending its participation in the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty.“, said.

He announced that “if the US carries out nuclear tests with a new type of strategic weapon, Russia will also carry out tests” of that class.

“Of course, we will not be the first to do so (…). No one should harbor the dangerous illusion that strategic global parity can be destroyed”, he commented.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg denounced that with Russia’s decision it had been dismantled “the entire architecture of arms control”.

The US suspended the dialogue on arms control after the start almost a year ago of the “special military operation” Russian in Ukraine and the last attempt to resume it last November was indefinitely postponed by Moscow.

In addition, Russia informed Washington in August of its decision to ban US on-site inspections of its nuclear arsenal, citing difficulties in doing the same in the US due to Western sanctions.

Source: EFE