Antony Blinken
'Deeply Unfortunate And Irresponsible' — U.S. Reacts To Putin's Announcement To Pull Back From Nuclear-Arms Treaty
Washington D.C./21.02.23/Turan: Washington on Tuesday reacted to announcement by Russia's Vladimir Putin that his country is suspending participation in New START, calling it "deeply unfortunate and irresponsible" TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
"We’ll be watching carefully to see what Russia actually does... We’ll, of course, make sure that in any event we are postured appropriately for the security of our own country and that of our allies," Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters.
Blinken went on to elaborate, "When the administration started, we extended New START because it was clearly in the security interests of our country and actually in the security interests of Russia. And that only underscores what an irresponsible action this is."
He added: "But of course, we remain ready to talk about strategic arms limitations at any time with Russia irrespective of anything else going on in the world or in our relationship. I think it matters that we continue to act responsibly in this area. It's also something the rest of the world expects of us. But this decision, as I said, is both really unfortunate and very irresponsible, but we’ll be watching it closely."
Alex Raufoglu
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