UN Secretary-General Anthony Guterresh called the extension of the Treaty on measures to further reduce and restrict strategic offensive armaments (DSNV) between Russia and the United States with a step towards a decrease in the risk of nuclear catastrophe. He stated this in the video image shown in the memory ceremony of the victims of the atomic bombardment of Hiroshima, his words leads TASS.
“I am deeply concerned about the lack of progress in achieving the goal of a nuclear-free world. Nuclear powers in recent years held modernization of weapons, unleashing a new arms race,” the Secretary-General added.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic event in memory of the 76th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, about 800 people, diplomats and officials from 80 countries of the world take part in a truncated format. From the face of Russia, the Consul General in the city of Osaka Alexander Teresky is involved.
On June 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with the American counterpart Joe Biden about the further fate of the DSNV during the summit in Geneva. The head of the Russian state noted, consultations on the fate of START-3 will soon begin at the interdepartmental level. On July 28, the Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that it was necessary to attract new participants to the US Contract Agreement. According to him, the most priority is the involvement of Great Britain and France.