US President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to support a Russian proposal to voluntarily maintain limits under a key arms control treaty expiring in early 2026.
Asked about Russia’s proposal, Trump told reporters: “Sounds like a good idea to me.”
The Kremlin said Thursday that Washington has yet to formally respond to Moscow’s offer to voluntarily maintain the New START treaty’s central limits for a year beyond its expiration on Feb. 6, 2026.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in late September that Moscow is ready to adhere to the quantitative limits if the US does the same and refrains from undermining the “balance of deterrence.”
Signed in 2010 and extended in 2021, the treaty caps each side’s deployed strategic nuclear warheads at 1,550 and allows mutual inspections and notification regime. Russia suspended its participation in the pact in February 2023.
Source: AA
