Russia confirms readiness to reduce strategic offensive arms as long as other states follow the rules, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said at the Moscow Conference on Non-Proliferation today, RIA Novosti reports.
The diplomat noted that other states with nuclear potential should disarm themselves, abstain from building space weapons and unilateral anti-missile defense development.
START-3 Treaty was signed in Prague on April 8, 2010, coming into force on February 5, 2011. It was signed for 10 years. The sides presented data on strategic offensive arms, including geographic positions of their launch sites. They exchange data on March 1 and September 1 every year.
Moscow sees no alternative to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, ITAR-TASS reports.
