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Add as preferred source on GoogleRussia welcomes Trump's support for Putin's proposal to maintain nuclear arms limits under the New START treaty, fostering optimism for US backing.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Monday welcomed remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump who said that President Vladimir Putin's proposal to voluntarily preserve nuclear arms limits set out in the New START treaty for another year sounded like a good idea.
Putin in September offered to voluntarily maintain for one year the limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons set out in the New START Treaty, the last remaining Russian-U.S. arms control treaty, which expires on Feb. 5, 2026.
When asked about the proposal, Trump told reporters on Sunday that it "sounds like a good idea to me."
"Of course, we welcome such a statement," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "We believe that this already gives grounds for optimism that the United States will support this initiative of President Putin."
Russia and the United States are by far the biggest nuclear powers with approximately 87 percent of the world’s total inventory of nuclear weapons - more than enough to destroy the world many times over. Russia has a total inventory of 5,459 nuclear warheads while the United States has 5,177, according to the Federation of Atomic Scientists.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Guy Faulconbridge/Gleb Stolyarov; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
Nuclear arms limits refer to the restrictions placed on the number of nuclear weapons that a country can possess or deploy, often established through international treaties.
A nuclear power is a country that possesses nuclear weapons and has the capability to produce and maintain them, significantly influencing global security dynamics.
Arms control refers to international agreements and measures aimed at regulating and limiting the development, production, stockpiling, and deployment of weapons, particularly nuclear arms.
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