(MENAFN) Russia sees no chance of resuming discussions with Washington on the cornerstone New START arms control agreement while the US carries on sending weapons to Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman made a statement on Wednesday.
Talking in a live interview on radio Sputnik, Maria Zakharova announced: “The US intends to supply even more weapons to the conflict region, in which the Russian Federation is directly involved.
That is, they will supply all these weapons, they will encourage the Kiev regime to cause even more bloodshed, they will allocate money for extremist activities that are carried out under the auspices of these delusional people [in the Ukrainian presidency], and we will sit with them at the same table and discuss issues of mutual security with them, including those in their interest?"
The spokeswoman underlined that Moscow values the New START treaty, since it was the best interests of Russia and the US, saying that the necessary conditions must be achieved before meetings can be restarted.
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