the United States hopes for an agreement with Russia and China, limiting all nuclear weapons. This was stated by Advisor to the President of the United States Donald trump on national security Robert O’brien in his article for The Washington Post.
He recalled that in June, Moscow and Washington began negotiations on a Treaty to reduce strategic offensive arms (SNV-3). According to O’brien, USA with “cautious optimism” I believe that it is possible to reach an agreement with Russia and China on the framework of arms control that will be achieved subject to verification of limitations on all nuclear weapons, RIA Novosti reported.
Previously, trump said that the United States will be pleased to conclude an agreement on nuclear weapons with Russia. According to him, joint work with Moscow on nuclear non-proliferation agreement. “It would be great if we had something like that”, – said the American leader.
start-3, signed in 2010, is the only existing agreement between Russia and the USA on the limitation of armaments. The period of validity expires in February 2021. Earlier, the President, Donald trump talked about the desire to develop new trilateral nuclear agreement between Russia, China and the United States. However, Beijing rejected this idea.
