According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, on January 26, local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Biden spoke on the phone. The two sides exchanged views on bilateral relations and international hotspot issues during the phone call, and also reached an agreement on extending the validity period of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
reported that Biden neither proposed new conditions nor mentioned China’s accession on the issue of extending the validity period of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Compared with and Trump, Biden’s falsehood It's quite refreshing. On January 27, local time, the plenary session of the Russian State Duma passed a relevant bill, agreeing to extend the validity of the treaty for five years, and until it expires on February 5, 2026, the hanging hearts of all parties can finally fall.
The current "New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty" will expire on February 5 this year. Prior to this, Russia requested the United States to complete the contract as soon as possible, but the Trump administration shied away from it for various reasons. Performing its obligations well, China refuses to join the US-Russia nuclear arms control negotiations, and the treaty affects US interests. Trump's extremely uncooperative attitude brought the nuclear arms control negotiations between the United States and Russia to a standstill.
Fortunately, Biden is quite sensible in this regard, and it is also very valuable that the two countries can reach agreement. In August 2019 and November 2020, after the United States successively withdrew from the "Intermediate-Range Range Treaty" and the "Open Skies Treaty", the "New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty" became the only remaining arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. Yu.
According to the relevant provisions of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the United States and Russia will continue to promote nuclear disarmament in the future and effectively reduce the size of their nuclear arsenals. The two sides agreed to reduce the number of nuclear warheads in the state of deployment from the current 6000 to about 1500, and at the same time reduce the number of platform tools for carrying and projecting the nuclear weapon to around 700.
In addition, the number of missiles, strategic bombers class and strategic nuclear submarines must be limited.Moreover, the United States and Russia have the right to inspect the local implementation of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty without notifying each other. It can be said that the treaty has an immeasurable role in restricting the growth of US and Russian nuclear forces and maintaining global nuclear security.
However, after the US and Russia reached a nuclear arms control agreement, Russia, which previously did not advocate the inclusion of China in US-Russia nuclear arms control negotiations, changed its position and spoke the truth. Recently, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in an interview with the media that Russia believes that in the future it is possible to include China and other countries in the strategic stability agreement reached between Russia and the United States, and that nuclear arms control negotiations should Advancing in the direction of multilateralism.
Ryabkov also added that Russia's top priority is to include Britain and France in the "New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty" because they are the closest strategic allies of the United States. Judging from Ryabkov’s remarks, its ultimate goal is to limit the nuclear power of France and Britain, but it is also worried that the United States has opinions, so it draws on China at the same time, so that the United States will not accuse Russia of being partial.
Indeed, the current nuclear forces in Britain and France have posed a great challenge to Russia. Although the number of nuclear weapons in the above two countries cannot be compared with Russia, the quality and technology are comparable to Russia. Since Britain and France are not large in land area and there are no strategic bombers, their nuclear forces are mainly sea-based. From the perspective of strategic deterrence, sea-based nuclear power is much higher than land-based and air-based.
Public information shows that the Royal Navy currently owns 17 nuclear submarines , including 4 strategic nuclear submarines and 10 attack nuclear submarines, while French Navy has 11 nuclear submarines, including 4 strategic nuclear submarines and 7 An attack nuclear submarine. The nuclear submarines of the two countries carry more than 100 nuclear warheads, which is a very terrifying nuclear deterrent force.
There is a certain gap between Russia and the United States.If you add Britain and France, Russia's disadvantages are even more obvious. The current relations between Russia and the United States and Europe are not optimistic. The two sides have obvious differences in many areas. The United States, Britain, and France unanimously regard Russia as one of their biggest potential opponents. NATO can continue to exist today, to a certain extent, to target Russia.
Russia's current strategic environment is still relatively sinister, with NATO on the west and the United States, Japan and South Korea on the east. It is in Russia’s fundamental interest to reduce the military strength of its opponents. In addition to allowing Britain and France to join the treaty, it does not rule out the idea that Russia originally wanted China to join the treaty.
Although the two countries are currently all-round strategic partnerships with each other, the relationship is quite good. However, due to historical and geographical factors, there is always something unclear between China and Russia. A country will not just watch another big country rise and grow by its side.
The ancients said: "On the side of the couch, you can't allow others to snore." As the former British Prime Minister Churchill said, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. Therefore, Ryabkov's remarks are also natural. But China should not be disturbed, just stick to its own way.
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