The United States hopes for a "serious" discussion of reductions in nuclear stockpiles with Russia And China, said the White house adviser on state security Robert O " Brien. at the beginning of 2021 expire of the Agreement About actions for the further reduction And limitation of strategic offensive arms (start-3), USA until are undecided, have plans whether they have to renew it. first of Washington said that the consensus with Moscow must include not only those weapons that fall under start-3, But also other weapons And means of delivery are still being developed in Russia, including low-yield nuclear device on the new delivery vehicles. The U.S. Department of defense believes that Russia has up to 2 thousand nonstrategic nuclear weapons. in early winter, Russian President Vladimir Putin at a news conference said that Moscow until the end of the year prepared to extend the start-3." But as long as all of our proposals there is no answer And if will not start-3, it did not become nothing in the world that is holding back the arms race. And this, in my opinion, bad ", - noticed the head of the country. 2nd August last year terminated the Contract On rockets of average And smaller range. At the beginning of the year, Washington announced that the sole release from this Agreement, accusing the Russian Federation in its long-term violation. Moscow rejects all charges. In early July of last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law On termination of the Contract. Russia many times stated that it fully complied with the rules of the INF Treaty. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the Russian capital has very serious questions to Washington concerning the implementation of the Treaty by the Americans themselves. According to his statement, the US charges of violating the INF Treaty is unfounded. <span style="color:darkgray