Tthis “equation” should take into account all the factors that affect strategic stability, the president said. According to him, Moscow is committed to dialogue and reaching concrete agreements.
Vladimir Putin
The North Atlantic Alliance refuses to consider Russia’s proposals to de-escalate tensions, but Moscow hopes that “common sense and the desire to develop constructive relations” will eventually prevail, President Vladimir Putin said in an address to participants and guests of the IX Moscow Conference on International Security.
According to Putin, Moscow seeks to reduce risks, ensure predictability and resolve differences through dialogue and concrete agreements, including in the field of arms control.
“Russia has put forward a proposal to develop a new ‘security equation’. It should take into account all the factors that affect strategic stability in their relationship, ” Putin said.
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According to the president, the willingness to compromise can give a positive result. “A clear proof of this is the extension by Russia and the United States of the Treaty on the Reduction of Strategic Offensive Arms until 2026,” he said.
The development of a new “security equation” for Russia and the United States should take into account, among other things, the situation in space and the problems of cybersecurity, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said earlier. In addition, it is necessary to take into account strategic defensive and strategic offensive weapons in their relationship, as well as strategic offensive weapons in non-nuclear equipment, Ryabkov pointed out.
On June 16, the summit of Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden was held in Geneva. Following the talks, the heads of state signed a joint statement confirming the commitment of Russia and the United States to strategic arms control. The document says that “there can be no winners in a nuclear war”, so the countrieswe intend to launch a bilateral dialogue on this issue in the near future.
Russia and the United States also agreed on the return of the ambassadors. On June 20, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov arrived at the embassy in Washington. US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan will return to Moscow this week, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said on June 22.