Russia withdraw from the "New Treatment of Strategic Weapon Treaty" facilities inspection mechanism: the United States enjoys unilateral advantages

According to the Tas News Agency, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on August 8 that Russia has notified the United States that it will temporarily withdraw from the facilities verification mechanism of the New Strategic Weapon Treaty.

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The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying: "On August 8, 2022, Russia officially notified the United States through diplomatic channels. Russia decided to temporarily withdraw its national facilities from the inspection activity stipulated in the" New Treatment of Strategic Weapon Treaty ". It involves facilities that can be used for demonstration according to the treaty. "

The statement also stated: "What we want to emphasize is that these measures are temporary."

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the reason why Russia was forced to do this was because "Washington does not consider the current reality and does not talk about the conditions in advance, insist on hoping to restart the verification activities in order to give the United States unilateral advantages and deprive Russia to Russia The right to verify in the United States. "

The statement pointed out that Russia hopes to ensure that all mechanisms of the "New Strategic Weapon Treaty" are strictly implemented in accordance with the principle of equality. These principles have not been observed now, because due to unilateral anti -Russian sanctions, normal aviation services between Russia and the United States have been interrupted. There is no such obstacle to Russia. In addition, Russian investigators and aircraft crews to the United States also face additional problems. Due to the unilateral anti -Russian restriction measures proposed by the United States, the transit countries that may pass through the visa policy. Therefore, it is too early to restart the verification activity according to the United States that there are many problems to be resolved.

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The statement wrote: "We hope to continue to cooperate closely with the United States. We have been calling for and will continue to call for the issue of restoring verification based on the treaty. The epidemic is still quite serious. "

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that "Russia fully promised to abide by all the terms of the New Treatment of Strategic Weapons. We believe that this is the most important tool for maintaining international security and stability. The relationship with the missile sector provides necessary transparency and predictability. If the existing problems of the treating verification activities of the treaty will be resolved, the suspension verification of our announcement will be canceled immediately and the verification activity can be restarted. "

The statement states that Russia is convinced that this will meet the interests of both Moscow and Washington. "We are ready to contribute to achieving this goal. We expect the United States to adopt a similar approach."

Russian President Putin signed the "New Treatment of Strategic Weapon Treaty" extended file. Source: People's Vision

The "New Treatment of Strategic Weapons" was signed by the United States and Russia in 2010, which aims to limit the number of strategic warheads and carrier tools in the deployment of the two countries, and take effect on February 5, 2011. After the U.S. -Russian Treaty Treaty failed in 2019, this contract became the only military control treaty between the two countries. In 2021, Russia and the United States agreed to extend the one to 2026.

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