Moscow: Russia to Discuss Tactical Nuclear Weapons Only After US Removes Them from Europe

 

He confirmed that Russia and the US "still have significant differences on key issues of the strategic agenda".

 

"For example, the US Side insists on expanding the current arms control regime based on New START. It seeks to cover all types of nuclear weapons. Here our American colleagues mean any deployed and non-deployed nuclear warheads on delivery vehicles of both intercontinental and other ranges. At the same time, Washington makes no secret of the fact that its priority in terms of limitation is our non-strategic nuclear weapons and newest strategic delivery systems," the Russian ambassador specified, adding that "Russia holds a consistent position in this regard".

 

"As for our newest strategic weapons, some of them have already been accounted or will be accounted for under New START. At the same time, we do not shy away from discussing the role and place of other strategic systems in future arms control regimes," the diplomat stressed.