{"id":7541,"date":"2023-06-03T17:06:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T16:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=7541"},"modified":"2023-06-03T17:22:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T16:22:06","slug":"russia-urges-us-to-drop-ultimatums-for-nuclear-arms-reduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/diplomatic-world\/russia-urges-us-to-drop-ultimatums-for-nuclear-arms-reduction\/2023\/06\/03\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia urges US to Drop Ultimatums For Nuclear Arms Reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOSCOW<\/span>\u00a0(Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span>Amid the breakdown of arms control agreements, Russia has cautioned the United States against employing ultimatums and insisted that Moscow will only consider returning to a nuclear arms reduction treaty if Washington abandons its antagonistic stance. Both countries, being the largest nuclear powers, have expressed remorse over the disintegration of various arms control treaties, which were aimed at slowing the arms race during the Cold War era and reducing the risk of nuclear conflict.<\/p>\n

In the wake of the Ukraine conflict, President Vladimir Putin announced in February that Russia would suspend its participation in the New START treaty, a 2010 agreement that imposes limits on the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads for both Russia and the United States.<\/p>\n

As a response to what it perceives as Moscow’s ongoing violations of the accord, the United States declared this week that it would halt certain notifications required under the treaty, including updates on missile and launcher locations, as a retaliatory measure.<\/p>\n

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s representative for arms control and Deputy Foreign Minister, revealed that Washington had informed Moscow about this decision before making it public, minimizing any element of surprise. Ryabkov emphasized the significance of improved relations between the two nations as a prerequisite for progress in nuclear arms reduction discussions.<\/p>\n

Ryabkov<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> arms<\/span> control<\/span> pillar<\/span> was<\/span> crumbling<\/span> because<\/span> of<\/span> hostile<\/span> US<\/span> policies<\/span> and<\/span> was<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> “half-lethal”<\/span> state.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“Talking<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> Federation<\/span> in<\/span> ultimatum<\/span> terms<\/span> just<\/span> doesn’t<\/span> work,”<\/span> Ryabkov<\/span> told<\/span> three<\/span> major<\/span> Russian<\/span> news<\/span> agencies.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“U.S.<\/span> negligence<\/span> resulted<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> complete<\/span> destruction<\/span> or<\/span> semi-fatal<\/span> condition<\/span> of<\/span> many<\/span> elements<\/span> of<\/span> early<\/span> architecture<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> region.”<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>U.S.<\/span> National<\/span> Security<\/span> Advisor<\/span> Jake<\/span> Sullivan<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> U.S.<\/span> is<\/span> willing<\/span> to<\/span> begin<\/span> talks<\/span> with<\/span> Russia<\/span> over<\/span> a<\/span> strategic<\/span> arms<\/span> control<\/span> agreement<\/span> to<\/span> replace<\/span> the<\/span> New<\/span> START<\/span> when<\/span> it<\/span> expires<\/span> in<\/span> 2026.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ryabkov<\/span> said<\/span> Russia<\/span> would<\/span> later<\/span> provide<\/span> a<\/span> detailed<\/span> assessment<\/span> of<\/span> Sullivan’s<\/span> comments.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>After<\/span> the<\/span> fear<\/span> of<\/span> nuclear<\/span> war<\/span> was<\/span> sparked<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> wake<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Cuban<\/span> Missile<\/span> Crisis<\/span> of<\/span> 1962,<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Soviet<\/span> Union<\/span> formed<\/span> a<\/span> patchwork<\/span> of<\/span> arms<\/span> control<\/span> agreements<\/span> to<\/span> help<\/span> the<\/span> two<\/span> sides<\/span> better<\/span> understand<\/span> each<\/span> other’s<\/span> weapons<\/span> and<\/span> procured<\/span> capabilities.<\/span> tried<\/span> to<\/span> slow<\/span> down<\/span> the<\/span> arms<\/span> race.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia<\/span> and<\/span> Washington<\/span> still<\/span> control<\/span> about<\/span> 90%<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> world’s<\/span> nuclear<\/span> arsenal,<\/span> but<\/span> cut<\/span> their<\/span> numbers<\/span> when<\/span> the<\/span> Soviet<\/span> Union<\/span> collapsed.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> New<\/span> START<\/span> Treaty,<\/span> signed<\/span> in<\/span> 2011,<\/span> promised<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> and<\/span> Russia<\/span> to<\/span> limit<\/span> the<\/span> deployment<\/span> of<\/span> intercontinental<\/span> ballistic<\/span> missiles,<\/span> submarine-launched<\/span> ballistic<\/span> missiles,<\/span> and<\/span> nuclear-armed<\/span> heavy<\/span> bombers.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Restrictions<\/span> were<\/span> also<\/span> imposed<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> use<\/span> of<\/span> nuclear<\/span> warheads<\/span> in<\/span> deployed<\/span> missiles<\/span> and<\/span> bombers,<\/span> as<\/span> well<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> launchers<\/span> for<\/span> those<\/span> missiles.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“Our<\/span> decision<\/span> to<\/span> suspend<\/span> the<\/span> START<\/span> treaty<\/span> is<\/span> unwavering,”<\/span> TASS<\/span> quoted<\/span> Ryabkov<\/span> as<\/span> saying<\/span>\u00a0“Our<\/span> own<\/span> condition<\/span> for<\/span> returning<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> fully<\/span> functioning<\/span> treaty<\/span> is<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> to<\/span> abandon<\/span> its<\/span> fundamental<\/span> hostile<\/span> stance<\/span> toward<\/span> Russia.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ryabkov<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> US<\/span> appeared<\/span> prepared<\/span> to<\/span> comply<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> 1998<\/span> Ballistic<\/span> Missile<\/span> Notification<\/span> Agreement.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“Therefore,<\/span> there<\/span> will<\/span> remain<\/span> some<\/span> transparency<\/span> and<\/span> predictability<\/span> in<\/span> this<\/span> area<\/span> to<\/span> avoid<\/span> further<\/span> dangerous<\/span> tightening.”<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOSCOW\u00a0(Reuters) –Amid the breakdown of arms control agreements, Russia has cautioned the United States against employing ultimatums and insisted that Moscow will only consider returning to a nuclear arms reduction treaty if Washington abandons its antagonistic stance. Both countries, being the largest nuclear powers, have expressed remorse over the disintegration of various arms control treaties, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2480,24,26,2409],"tags":[5914,5915,5916,302,2883,4385,4426,5866,5908,5909,5910,5911,5912,5913],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/download-7.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7544,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7541\/revisions\/7544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}