US joins Russia in extending bilateral nuclear arms treaty for five years

United States on Wednesday extended only nuclear arms limitation treaty it has with Russia by five years. Secretary of State Antony Blinken anunced that US government is extending New START Treaty with Russia by five years. treaty, which was supposed to expire on February 5 this year, will require both sides to limit ir nuclear arsenal, including ICBMs and heavy bombers. treaty has been extended until February 5, 2026. 

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"Especially during times of tension, verifiable limits on Russia’s intercontinental-range nuclear weapons are vitally important. Extending New START Treaty makes United States, U.S. allies and partners, and world safer. An unconstrained nuclear competition would endanger us all. Even as we work with Russia to vance U.S. interests, so too will we work to hold Russia to account for versarial actions as well as its human rights abuses, in close coordination with our allies and partners," Blinken said in a statement on Wednesday. 

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Earlier, Russian President Vlimir Putin signed a federal law that would allow extension of treaty. On January 29, Russia gave a go-ahe to furr arms treaty after Putin held a telephonic conversation with his US counterpart Joe Biden and mutually agreed on extending agreement. Both leers discussed how important it is to remain on agreement in order to ensure safety and security of ir people and rest of world. 

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What is New START Treaty?

treaty, which is officially kwn as Measures for Furr Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, was initially signed between Russia and United States in April 2010 in Prague. treaty establishes limitations of strategic nuclear missile launchers and has provisions concerning "inspection, conversion, and elimination of strategic offensive weapons". treaty requires both sides to limit number of deployed nuclear warhes to 1,550, deployed ICBMs and bombers to 700, and deployed and n-deployed ICBM launchers and bombers to 800. 

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