Medvedev Says Russia’s Offer to Extend New START Treaty Remains Open
Medvedev, who now serves as deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, told reporters that “the treaty has not even expired yet, and if the American side wants to extend it, then this can be done.” He added that the offer “remains on the table.”
He cautioned that if the New START treaty lapses, it would be the first time since 1972 that the US and Russia have no legal limits on their strategic nuclear arsenals.
The treaty, signed by Medvedev and then-US President Barack Obama in 2010, limits each side to 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads. Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a one-year extension of these core limits last September, but the Kremlin has said it has received no substantive response from Washington.
Last week, Medvedev described the potential collapse of the treaty as a serious turning point. In an interview with Kommersant, he said, “the world could enter a dangerous new phase of uncertainty,” warning that global instability might encourage more countries to pursue nuclear weapons as “the only proven guarantor of sovereignty.”
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