Russia is flouting its obligations under a major arms control treaty with the United States, according to State Department officials.
“Russia is not complying with its obligation under the New START Treaty to facilitate inspection activities on its territory,” a State Department spokesman said Tuesday."Russia’s refusal to facilitate inspection activities prevents the United States from exercising important rights under the treaty and threatens the viability of U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control.”
“Russia has a clear path for returning to full compliance,” the State Department spokesman said. “All Russia needs to do is allow inspection activities on its territory, just as it did for years under the New START Treaty, and meet in a session of the Bilateral Consultative Commission. There is nothing preventing Russian inspectors from traveling to the United States and conducting inspections.
U.S. and Russian negotiators crafted the New START treaty as a mechanism to cap the number of nuclear weapons that each country can deploy. The pact, which first took effect in 2011, “provides for 18 on-site inspections per year for U.S. and Russian inspection teams,” according to the State Department. Russian officials have signaled their willingness to consider scrapping the treaty, which lapses in 2026, due to U.S. support for Ukrainian efforts to repel the Russian invasion.
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