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The two presidents expressed their satisfaction at reaching an agreement to extend the START III treaty (Twitter)
Russian President Vladimir Putin made the first phone call with the new president of the United States, Joseph Biden, to congratulate him and confirm the satisfaction of the two countries with the extension of the START-3 Treaty.
The Kremlin said in a statement posted on its official website Tuesday evening, “Vladimir Putin congratulated Joseph Biden on beginning his work as president of the United States, stating that the normalization of relations between Russia and the United States would have responded to the interests of both. countries and the entire international community, given its own responsibility to support security and stability in the world. “
The statement added: “The two presidents expressed their satisfaction at the exchange of diplomatic notes upon reaching an agreement on the extension of the Treaty of Limitation of the Strategic Offensive. In the coming days, the two sides will complete all the necessary measures to ensure the continuity of this important legal mechanism, to reduce the mutual arsenal of missiles. “Nuclear”.
Telephone conversation with the president of the United States, Joseph Biden: cooperation in trade and economy, New START, summit of the UN Security Council https://t.co/JTH4Ws7lcj
– President of Russia (@KremlinRussia_E) January 26, 2021
The urgent issues of the bilateral and international agenda were also discussed, and the possibility of cooperation in the field of confronting the Corona pandemic and other areas, including the commercial-economic one.
Among other issues, the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the Open Skies Treaty, the issue of the preservation of the Iranian nuclear agreement, the Ukrainian agreement, as well as the Russian initiative to hold a summit of permanent members of the Security Council were addressed.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry had announced that Moscow had initiated internal government procedures to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty, in response to a similar step taken by Washington last May.
As for the effect of the “START-3” treaty, it will expire on February 5, prompting the Biden administration to accelerate immediately after his inauguration by signaling Moscow that it is ready to extend it before it becomes too much. late. and affirm the modification of the approach of the previous administration to withdraw one by one from the international agreements.
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