Deputy FM Sergey Ryabkov’s interview with
Izvestia newspaper
August 22, 2022
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The START Treaty is not of an indefinite duration and ideally must be replaced with a new agreement or agreements.
We insist that any future cooperation between nuclear powers must be based on consensus and take into account the interests of all parties involved. This approach befits any format, whether we refer to potential contacts between the nuclear powers recognised in the NPT context, or efforts to enlist other states with military nuclear potentials. Our priority remains the same: we would like
the UK and France to join this process as US military allies in the “nuclear alliance” framework.
The nuclear risks are quite substantial under the current turbulent conditions and should not be underestimated. At the same time, they ought not to be artificially fanned.
