Russia and US to hold consultations on strategic stability

Moscow, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Riabkov said on Wednesday that a new round of consultations with the United States on strategic stability will take place before the end of the month.

July 14, 2021
13:21

Earlier, a source in the Russian delegation at the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), based in Dushanbe, reported that consultations between the two countries will be held within a week, according to TASS news agency.

At the meeting in the Tajik capital, Russia considered inadmissible any kind of military conflict with the United States, a position defended by Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden at the June 16 summit in Geneva.

However, the Russian side at the meeting also recalled that Washington tried to destroy the arms control system for many years.

As an example, they mentioned the unilateral US withdrawals from the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles Treaty (INF) and the Treaty on Open Skies.

However, they stressed that the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START III) could be preserved and even extended for five years, thanks to the ‘responsible’ position of the current US president.

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