Putin says Russia prepared to drop START nuclear arms treaty with US
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (third from right) welcomes chiefs of International News Agencies on the sidelines of an economic forum in Saint Petersburg on June 6, 2019.
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SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (June 6) said Russia was prepared to drop a nuclear arms control agreement with the US, known as New START, if there was a lack of interest in renewing it.
"If no one feels like extending the agreement - New START - well, we won't do it then," Mr Putin said at an economic forum in Saint Petersburg, referring to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which caps the countries' number of nuclear warheads.
