Moscow responded to statement elected President of the USA of Donald trump, which does not exclude the possibility of lifting sanctions on Russia in response to the signing of a bilateral agreement to reduce nuclear capacity. In the Kremlin, in turn, want to wait for the inauguration of the trump, is scheduled for January 20, and only after the billionaire’s office was willing to speak on the subject.
“Let’s still be patient, wait until the entry of Mr. trump in the position of the current US President and then we will evaluate the different initiatives,” – said the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov in response to a request to comment on the announcements by trump (quoted by TASS).
in addition, the official representative of the Kremlin answered negatively to the question, are the current negotiations with the USA on nuclear reductions. Peskov recalled the words of Vladimir Putin that the sanctions relief – the issue is not a Russian agenda. “Russia was not the initiator of introduction of these restrictions, and Russia, as stated by the President of Russia, does not intend to raise the question about these sanctions in the course of foreign contacts,” – said Peskov.
In the Federation Council, meanwhile, said that for Russia the lifting of sanctions is not an end in itself, for which it is necessary to sacrifice something, especially in the security sphere. Thus, the Chairman of Committee of the upper house of Parliament on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev has urged not to hurry “to give to the elected US President Donald trump about a possible “exchange” of nuclear disarmament to the lifting of sanctions, the status of formal proposals,” reports RIA “Novosti”.
He also recalled that it was said in an interview as a meditation, as an option. In his opinion, trump should carefully examine the reasons for substantial disarmament in this area did not become a reality. “If we reject the demagogic reasons (“aggressiveness and revanchism of Russia”), it will be apparent that one of the main obstacles is the implementation of the plans of the US global missile defense, as well as successive us attempts to secure a unilateral advantage for the development of NATO infrastructure, conventional weapons, precision weapons, drones, the militarization of space,” – said Kosachev.
In the state Duma, in turn, urged not to link the issues of lifting of US sanctions and nuclear safety. “Sanctions is a mutual process, which to some extent had a negative impact on the economies of the West. Therefore, it is necessary to discuss it in the context of the restoration of constructive and pragmatic dialogue, as difficult as that was,” – said the head of the Committee on international Affairs Leonid Slutsky.
Previously Donald trump said that after his inauguration, will offer Russia a deal to reduce nuclear Arsenal in exchange for the cancellation of anti-Russian sanctions. According to trump, he wants Arsenal’s two largest nuclear powers – Russia and USA – has been “significantly reduced”.
“They have imposed sanctions against Russia – now let’s see what deals we can make with Russia. In particular, nuclear weapons should be considerably less, that’s a start,” said trump.
on the Eve of the elected Vice-President of the United States Michael Pence declared, that Donald trump is determined to try to improve relations with Russia. “I believe that President-elect Donald trump clearly said that we have terrible relations with Russia. And that’s not all, we are talking about the complete failure of America, including in diplomacy,” – said the politician.
At the end of December the wide resonance was caused by statement trump about the need to expand nuclear capacity of the country. In particular, the President-elect said that “the United States should substantially strengthen and expand its nuclear capabilities while in the world come to a common understanding of what to do with nuclear bombs”.
This statement appeared several hours later, after Vladimir Putin said that the status of the nuclear triad of the Russian Federation is maintained at the proper level. In this earlier tramp spoke that the nuclear potential of Russia more powerful than the American.
Future of the press Secretary of the White house Sean Spicer the next day in numerous television interviews explained the position of the elected President of the United States. According to him, can’t speak about any arms race, because trump will do everything possible to make Russia and China are planning to increase their nuclear capability, did not.
“He wants to other countries came his warning that he would not stand aside and allow them to expand nuclear capacity. We will not sit idly by and wait for others threaten our security. In the end, they (other countries) will see reason, and we’ll be fine,” assured Spicer.
In July 2016, in an interview with The New York Times, trump suggested that part of the nuclear weapons in the possession of the United States, can be disabled. In this regard, then the Republican nominee has said it is ready to begin large-scale modernization of the armed forces of the country.
meanwhile in April, at a meeting with his supporters in new York, trump said that the United States should be extremely cautious about the use of its own nuclear capacity and nuclear weapons carries the most serious threat to national security. Before CNN, he talked about the non-first use of nuclear weapons.
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