Russian diplomat says no ‘strategic stability dialog’ with US in near term

Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov says Moscow will not engage in strategic stability negotiations with Washington in the foreseeable future, since the US is openly taking “hostile steps” against the country.

Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to International Organizations in Vienna, said, “one cannot really talk about resuming the dialogue with the US on strategic stability.”

He told Russian TASS news agency that what dialog can take place with Washington as it “openly declares its goal of ‘strategically defeating’ Russia and makes numerous hostile steps in this direction.”

Ulyanov said in order to resume serious talks between the two sides, it is necessary "for the US to considerably review its anti-Russian policy and display genuine interest in seeking mutually acceptable solutions."

Since the onset of the war between Russia and Ukraine last February, the US and its Western allies have provided billions of dollars worth of weaponry to Kiev, despite warnings from Russia that the move would only prolong the conflict.

US President Joe Biden also paid a surprise wartime trip to Kiev last month, telling Ukraine “the Americans stand with you.”

Kremlin: Russia not returning to New START treaty until US listens to Moscow's position

Russia says its condition for returning to New START nuclear arms reduction is that US should listen to its position.

Amid soaring tensions with Washington, Russian President Vladimir Putin formally signed a bill on Tuesday to suspend his country's participation in the last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States.

Putin had used his state-of-the-nation address last week to decalre that Moscow was suspending the 2010 New START treaty.

The Russian leader said that Moscow could not accept US inspections of its nuclear sites under the pact at a time when Washington and its NATO allies have openly declared Russia’s defeat in Ukraine as their goal.

The treaty puts limits on the number of deployed intercontinental-range nuclear weapons that the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals can have. It was last extended in early 2021 for five years. It also allows the US and Russia to inspect each other’s weapons sites.

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