The policy of the United States to compete with Russia and China does not mean constant hostility, Washington retains the desire for constructive cooperation with Moscow and Beijing, said assistant Secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation Christopher Ford.
“We in the US finally woke up and realized that I need to do a lot more with the use of competition strategies than our political elites were willing to accept during most of the era that followed the end of the cold war. However, this still doesn’t mean it has to be consistently hostile environment. We (USA) do tend to interact with both their competitors from the category of great powers in those areas where, in our opinion, there is the potential for such work”, – quotes the words of an American diplomat TASS.
Current U.S. doctrine proclaiming competitors of the United States among the great powers Russia and China.
Ford recalled that Russian and us officials will meet next week in Vienna to hold consultations “on the possibility of the future framework for arms control”. In addition, at the meetings in the Austrian capital will be discussed the issues of providing “stability and predictability” in space, said an employee of the US state Department on Internet workshop in guzikowski Institute in Washington.
“the Interaction of this kind is important. Not just in spite of the presence of broader problems in the relationship, and to a certain extent because of them,” said Ford.
“We need to work towards a framework of arms control with Russia and China,” said assistant Secretary of state. The United States hopes that by this work “will be able to impose restrictions” on strategic arms, said Ford.
“the Key takeaway is that we (USA) are trying to compete in areas where they (Russia and China) are forcing us to behave in ways – and to operate appropriately whenever we find opportunities to work effectively together,” the diplomat added.
We will remind, last week the defense Ministry accused the US of attempts to break the international security system. Earlier, foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov stated that the fate of the start-3 Treaty is a foregone conclusion, the United States has decided not to renew the agreement.
In addition, on 21 may, the President of the United States Donald trump announced Washington’s intention to withdraw from the Treaty on open skies. In addition, on 2 August 2019, after the unilateral withdrawal of Washington from the agreement, terminated the Agreement on the elimination of intermediate and shorter-range missiles (INF Treaty). The United States also has not ratified the Agreement on a comprehensive request��’s nuclear tests.
In the result of the Russian foreign Ministry said about the loss of confidence in the US as a company.
