US Deputy Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins stated that the United States renews the support of the Treaty on the comprehensive prohibition of nuclear tests (CTBT). About this
Informs RIA Novosti.
According to her, the American administration plans to seek the entry into force. Jenkins noted that this would require the consent of the Senate and recognized “the seriousness of the difficulties that lie on the way to this goal.” She also added that in accordance with the objectives of the US CTBT, the moratorium on testing nuclear explosive devices “zero-power” continue to observe and urge all states with nuclear weapons, declare or maintain such a moratorium.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed the hope that this multilateral agreement would enter into force in the coming years. He stressed that the transformation of the CTBT in a full-fledged international legal instrument hinders eight countries, ratifying the contract with which is required.
A comprehensive prohibition of nuclear tests was concluded in 1996. To join the CTBT, it is necessary to ratify 44 states. To date, it was signed by 185 countries and ratified 170 of them. However, a number of countries, including the United States and China, have not yet ratified it, unlike Russia, which made it in 2000. At the same time, countries having nuclear weapons voluntarily pledged not to conduct such tests.