US President’s National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that the extension of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START, unofficially known as START-3) for five years will only be the beginning of detailed negotiations with Moscow. He made such a statement during an American Peace Institute event, which was broadcast on the organization’s official YouTube channel.
“This is not the end of history, but only the very beginning of serious and consistent negotiations on the entire spectrum of nuclear challenges and threats outside the START Treaty,” Sullivan said. Biden’s advisor added that talks with Russia will also touch upon other security issues.
Earlier on January 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement to extend the START Treaty for five years, until February 5, 2026.
The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was signed in 2010 by the then presidents of Russia and the United States, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama. The agreement came into force in 2011 and expires in February 2021.