Last Russia-US treaty on nuclear arms control set to expire
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UN expresses concern over ‘grave moment for international peace and security’, urges Russia and US to enter talks.
Russia has said it is “no longer bound” by limits on the number of nuclear warheads it can deploy, as the last remaining atomic arms control treaty with the United States is set to expire.
Moscow’s comments on Wednesday came as the United Nations called the expiry of the New START treaty a “grave moment for international peace and security”.
The treaty, which was signed in 2010, will expire on Thursday.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the US had not responded to President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to keep observing the missile and warhead limits in the treaty for another 12 months.
“We assume that the parties to the New START treaty are no longer bound by any obligations or symmetrical declarations within the context of the treaty,” the ministry said.
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