Ambassador of Russia in the USA Anatoly Antonov made a conclusion between the states of armament control agreements in formats other than legally binding, reported on the page of the diplomatic network Facebook .
Antonov called the priorities legally binding agreements with the United States, but it allowed to search for other formats. He stressed that incorrectly predetermining the possible results, so you need to “sit down and work.” In his opinion, it is impossible to allow the situation when countries will remain without control mechanisms.
“in other words, it is impossible to allow the situation in which our countries will remain without control mechanisms in the strategic sphere after the expiration of the DSNV,” the ambassador at the annual meeting of the International Consulting Council of the Center for the Study of Non-Proliferation named after James Martin at Middleberry Institute. / P>
Also Antonov urged to abandon the arms race. He stated that Russia and the United States will have a difficult conversation on the rockets of the average and less distance, since Russia “does not satisfy the current state of affairs in this area.”