US EditionKremlin Says UK, French Arsenals Must Ultimately Be Part of Nuclear Disarmament Talks
Russia urges inclusion of Britain and France in nuclear disarmament talks citing their 250-300 warheads and aiming for broader global arms control beyond New START limits.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that talks must start bilaterally between Russia and the United States but Britain and France would ultimately be included, adding `Naturally, we have to start talks at the bilateral level. New START is after all a bilateral document.`
- This month, the Kremlin proposed that Russia and the United States voluntarily maintain New START limits for one year after the treaty expires next year amid tensions over Ukraine.
- By numbers, New START caps deployed U.S. and Russian strategic warheads at 1,550 and delivery vehicles at 700, while France and Britain hold 250 to 300 warheads each and were never party.
- Politically, neither London nor Paris has signalled willingness to cap their arsenals, and including Britain and France could complicate negotiations, affecting NATO's European defence and strategic stability.
- If Moscow and Washington agree to maintain New START limits temporarily, it could buy time for broader talks including Britain, France and China, despite Russia's 2023 suspension and the U.S. president's denuclearisation goals.
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"In the long term", Kremlin's spokesman hopes that the French and British arsenals will be included in the talks on the extension of the New START nuclear arms control treaty.
UK & French arsenals must be part of any US-Russia arms control deal, says Kremlin
Days after Russian leader Vladimir Putin said he would be open to extending the New START arms control treaty with the United States, the Kremlin has changed the tone and said British and French arsenals must be part of any deal.
Russia also wants to include the arsenals of Britain and France in future negotiations on the reduction of strategic nuclear weapons. First, however, the talks between Russia and the US had to be conducted, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov on Sunday of the TASS news agency. "However, in the long term, these arsenals cannot be excluded," Peskov was further quoted. Previously, the Kremlin had proposed to the US that the ceilings of the…
Kremlin Says British and French Arsenals Must Be Part of Nuclear Disarmament Talks
Moscow has signalled that future nuclear arms negotiations cannot exclude Britain and France, even as Russia and the United States remain the primary actors in global disarmament. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that while nuclear arms talks must begin bilaterally between Russia and the United States, the world’s two largest nuclear powers the stockpiles of Britain […] The post Kremlin Says British and French Arsenals Must Be Part of Nuclea…
The Kremlin spokesman, Dimitri Peskov, expressed this Sunday his willingness that the negotiations on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) should also address the arsenals of the United Kingdom and France, statements made in the midst of the Russian proposal to extend the limits on nuclear weapons for a year once it expires in February 2026, provided Washington does the same. “Of course, negotiations should begin at the bilateral …
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