The Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke for the first Time today while saying that the two countries have reached an agreement on extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New Start).
The new U.S. President Biden has been actively talking to heads of state since he took office. (Photo / AP / Dazhi image)
The new treaty will be signed by the government of the United States of America and the United States of America. The bill states that “on January 26, 2021, Russia and the United States signed an agreement on the extension of this treaty,” and that the two sides “basically agreed” to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty for five years.
New Start, which is scheduled to expire Feb. 5, limits the number of strategic nuclear warheads deployed by the U.S. and Russia to 1,550 each.
The White House said last week that Biden would seek a five-year extension of the treaty. This is one of the major diplomatic decisions of the new Biden Administration at the beginning of its term.
The Kremlin said in a statement that Putin told Biden in a phone call that he supports the “normalization” of U.S.-Russian relations, which is in the interest of the two countries and “the entire international community,” AFP reported.
The Kremlin said Putin told Biden that he supports the “normalization” of U.S.-Russian relations.
The U.S. government’s “new strategic arms reduction treaty” was announced by White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, who said the main topics included the extension of the treaty and the U.S. “strong support for Ukraine’s sovereignty” in the face of Russia’s ongoing aggression.
Biden also raised concerns about Russia’s treatment of opposition figures such as Alexei Navalny and the massive cyberattack allegedly launched by Russia against the United States, Psaki said.
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