Washington did not agree to adhere to the New START limitations after its expiration, a senior official has confirmed
The US and Russia have not agreed to informally adhere to New START nuclear reduction treaty limitations, a senior State Department official has confirmed.
The cornerstone strategic arms control agreement officially expired on February 5. Moscow reached out to Washington on renewing the treaty yet received no formal response. US President Donald Trump has since denounced the agreement as a “badly negotiated deal” and said a “new, improved, and modernized” version should be negotiated instead.
No “gentlemen’s agreement” is in…
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