At the session of the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock urged Moscow to restart negotiations with Washington on the Agreement on Strategic Measures to Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Weapons (START, START-3). It has been reported TASS.
“Let’s call the President together” [России Владимира] Putin will return to zero and continue the dialogue with the United States on the deal … I firmly believe that this is in the interest of all of us on the planet, ”Burbock said.
He added that in today’s world “certain countries” should not be allowed to threaten common security “by violating rules that serve us all”.
Sergey Naryshkin, former Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) aforementionedHe said that the decision to suspend Russia’s participation in START was an unexpected decision for Western countries. Naryshkin called this step correct, absolutely logical and correct.