White House wants to engage Russia on nuclear arms control in post-treaty world

By AAMER MADHANI
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is ready to talk to Russia without conditions about a future nuclear arms control framework even while taking countermeasures in response to the Kremlin’s decision to suspend the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries. That word comes from White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan in a speech to the Arms Control Association in Washington on Friday. The White House push on Moscow comes the day after the administration announced new steps in response to Russia suspending participation in the treaty. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced in February he was suspending Russia’s cooperation with the New START Treaty’s provisions for nuclear warhead and missile inspection.