Russia, US Held Consultations On Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty - Foreign Ministry

The Russian and US officials have held nine-day consultations devoted to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in the Swiss city of Geneva, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th October, 2018) The Russian and US officials have held nine-day consultations devoted to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in the Swiss city of Geneva, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

Last week, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow could not confirm Washington's claims that the United States had reduced its arms to the level stipulated by the Article 2 of the treaty.

"The sixteenth session of the Bilateral Consultative Commission under the U.S.-Russia START Treaty was held in Geneva from October 10-18, 2018. The U.S. and Russian delegations continued the discussion of practical issues related to the implementation of the Treaty," the ministry said in a statement.

The New START Treaty entered into force in 2011. The term for the agreement was set at 10 years with the possibility of having it extended for another five. The treaty builds on several previous joint non-proliferation arrangements and limits the number of deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, nuclear armed bombers, and nuclear warheads. The talks on extending the agreement have been delayed due to mutual concerns over the other party's adherence.