Ryabkov said about the "graveyard" of arms control agreements due to the United States

The "graveyard" of arms control agreements is only increasing, and the only reason for this is the long—standing destructive line of the US authorities. This was announced on October 8 by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

"The graveyard of arms control agreements is filling up. The reason for this is the destructive line of the United States, which since the early 2000s, since the presidency of [George] Bush Jr., has rejected those principles, ideas and approaches that have been the basis for ensuring strategic stability and international security for several decades," Ryabkov said.

The diplomat added that contacts with American colleagues are maintained "if not daily, then regularly," but the place and time of new consultations on "bilateral irritants" have not yet been determined. Washington has long been following a course that would bring their nuclear testing infrastructure to a state of readiness, Ryabkov stressed. However, Russia will not compromise its security interests in any case.

"The United States has long been on the path of bringing its infrastructure necessary for such actions to a state of readiness. We fixed our position on this issue some time ago. This was done in particular detail when the decision was taken to revoke the ratification of the CTBT (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. — ed.) by the Russian side," the deputy head of the diplomatic department added.

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Earlier, on October 4, former curator of security policy at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), independent expert Tariq Rauf, reported that at present, part of the protocols devoted to the dialogue between the USSR and the United States in the 1960s on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has been lost. According to the information in the information of the alliance, in the 1960s, when discussions on the NPT began, the Soviet Union already knew about the NATO agreements on the joint use of nuclear weapons.

On September 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russia's readiness to adhere to restrictions for another year in accordance with the Treaty on Measures for Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START Treaty) after February 5, 2026. He added that the measure would become viable provided that the United States did not take steps that would undermine the balance of deterrence capabilities.

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