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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Washington, January 9 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said he may allow the latest nuclear arms control treaty with Russia to expire and replace it with a broader agreement with more parties, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
The New START Treaty, which entered into force in 2011, limits the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads on each side to 1,550 and sets a limit on deployed delivery systems, including missiles, bombers, and submarines, at 700. The agreement expires on February 5.
“If it expires, it expires,” Trump said in an interview with the NYT on Wednesday, suggesting that he might reject Moscow’s offer to maintain the restrictions stipulated by the treaty.
"We'll just make a better deal," Trump said. "We'll probably also need to bring in a couple of other players."
The expiration of the New START Treaty will leave the United States and Russia, the world's two largest nuclear powers, without binding limits on their nuclear arsenals for the first time in nearly half a century.
The New START Treaty was originally signed for 10 years. In 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin and then-US President Joseph Biden agreed to extend the agreement for five years, the maximum extension allowed under its terms.
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