'Secretary Pompeo seemed to say that extension of the New START could be a step backward in terms of strategic stability,' expert Lynn Rusten said. 'That is, of course, completely wrong.'
President Donald Trump has yet to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to renew a decades-old treaty that restricts the countries' massive nuclear stockpiles, a move experts say could threaten the global strategic stability.
"Secretary Pompeo seemed to say that extension of the New START could be a step backward in terms of strategic stability as if it would be better to have nothing at all," Lynn Rusten, vice president of Nuclear Threat Initiative's Global Nuclear Policy Program, said during a call with reporters Tuesday."That is, of course, completely wrong.
"The Russian president spoke again about Russia's preparedness right now on its extension in order to alleviate tensions for the global community considering that otherwise, it means the last instrument of arms control between the United States and the Russian Federation will not be enforced anymore," Lavrov said."We are prepared to do that today and the ball is in our American partner's court.
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