Arms Control Issues Go Beyond Framework Of Russia-US Relations - Kremlin Spokesman

Arms control is a complex issue that is broader than the bilateral relations between Russia and the United States and urgently requires new negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 16th June, 2021) Arms control is a complex issue that is broader than the bilateral relations between Russia and the United States and urgently requires new negotiations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

"Strategic stability and arms control are such a delicate matter and such a complex matter, and in this case, it is already a substance that goes beyond the framework of our bilateral relations. Strategic stability applies to the whole world," Peskov told Channel One Russia.

"Yes, the New START treaty was extended, there was a political decision of the Biden administration. This is a positive fact. But time is running out ... and negotiations need to be started urgently. These will be difficult, very complex negotiations," he said.

According to the spokesman, the presidents of the US and Russia are set to define when and within the framework of what mechanisms they will launch these negotiations during the meeting in Geneva later on Wednesday.