Washington is sending contradictory signals related to the prolongation of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), as the United States has no clear position on many aspects of the document, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, Vladimir Yermakov, said.
"The signals are contradictory. The U.S. administration has no position on many aspects of this treaty. Perhaps, for the first time in several decades, such a mighty missile-nuclear state, which is also a permanent UN Security Council member, has no position on extremely important international security and strategic stability issues," Sputik cited Yermakov as saying.
The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control stressed that the Russian-U.S. New START treaty was integral to strategic stability, with no analogues present yet.
"This is why we expect that the expert potential that the United States has - and the United States has certainly had it, and this potential is still great - will show its worth. So we need to get down to the negotiations table, and tackle it thoughtfully, for the benefit of Russia, the United States, and the whole global community," Yermakov added.
