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Dmitry Peskov Warns Russia Needs Urgent Nuclear Disarmament Dialogue With United States
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Russia calls urgent restart of strategic nuclear dialogue with the United States. Possible trilateral meeting in China next month with Putin, Trump, and Xi.
New START expires, talks urged
Dmitry Peskov said Russia and the United States are in urgent need of resuming dialogue on strategic stability and nuclear disarmament, warning that the absence of a treaty-based framework creates a highly dangerous situation. Peskov said, "For the first time in a long time, the world is without a legally binding treaty-based framework for nuclear disarmament," as the New START treaty expired in February. Peskov said the New START treaty was signed in 2010 and renewed in 2021, and the treaty stipulates that no party may deploy more than 1,550 strategic nuclear warheads and 700 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles and heavy bombers.
Peskov said Russia proposed maintaining the maximum number of warheads for another year if Washington took a similar step, but Washington did not respond to this initiative. Peskov said Moscow cannot ignore the nuclear arsenals of NATO members in Europe, especially Britain and France, in negotiations with Washington about future strategic stability.
Trilateral meeting in China
Dmitry Peskov said Moscow is ready to discuss disarmament in a trilateral meeting with the United States and China, while Beijing’s authorities are not willing to engage in such talks. Peskov told Vesti on Wednesday afternoon that the Americans want to discuss arms control and nuclear disarmament, while the Chinese have shown no interest and believe it is not their concern. Donald Trump said, "We will meet to discuss nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament," and he said he would participate if President Xi Jinping wishes to hold the meeting.
Trump said the meeting would be held on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit next month in China, and Peskov urged all parties to start negotiations as soon as possible. Peskov said there is currently no clear agenda set for a possible meeting of the leaders of Russia, the United States, and China, and that the matter will be reviewed and prepared.
Ukraine, NATO arsenals, and next steps
Peskov said Moscow would carefully review all proposals put forward by Washington, and he added that the situation in Kyiv is deteriorating daily. Peskov said Russia’s special military operation would continue until the Ukrainian side takes the necessary decisions, while he also said Trump’s sincerity in seeking a resolution to the Ukraine crisis is entirely sincere and steadfast. Peskov said Moscow cannot ignore the nuclear arsenals of NATO members in Europe, especially Britain and France, in negotiations with Washington about future strategic stability.
Peskov said the talks would undoubtedly be complex and protracted, and he urged all parties to start negotiations as soon as possible. Peskov said calling the trilateral talks among Russia, the United States, and China the new Yalta is not accurate, while he said the meeting of the three leaders will attract the attention of the entire world.