A group of Republican senators has submitted a draft bill to Congress regarding the United States’ withdrawal from the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and the strengthening of the nation’s nuclear forces. This has been reported Senate Foreign Relations Committee website.
The document states that its authors are Jim Rish (Idaho), Tom Cotton (Arkansas), Marco Rubio (Florida), Kevin Kramer (North Dakota), and several others representing the Republican minority in the US Senate.
According to Rish, the decision of the administration of US President Joe Biden to extend the New START Treaty with the Russian Federation shackled the American side and did not ensure the security of the country and its allies.
Risch added that this “give China the freedom to build strategic nuclear weapons systems at breathtaking speed.”
Former Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov declarationFollowing the US State Department, Russia will not publish data on total amounts under the New START.
On February 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law suspending Russia’s participation in START. According to him, Moscow should clearly understand what the other nuclear powers, which are members of NATO, are claiming before returning to the discussion of continuing to operate under New START.