Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov with the American and Russian flags.

(Reuters file photo)

(Central News Agency) Russian authorities said on Monday that no new date had been set for negotiations with the United States on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), accusing Washington of fueling tensions between the two countries.

According to Reuters, Moscow and Washington had originally planned to hold a bilateral coordination committee meeting of the Russia-U.S. START treaty in Cairo, Egypt, at the end of November last year.

But Russia announced the postponement of the talks at the last minute, and neither side has since set a new date for the talks.

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said conditions were not yet ripe for a new round of talks on the treaty.

"Interfax News Agency" (Interfax News Agency) quoted Ryabkov as saying, "Frankly speaking, the current situation does not allow setting a new (negotiation) date ... especially considering the upward trend in the words and deeds of the United States. "

Moscow said on November 29 last year that it had "no choice" but to call off the talks because Washington only wanted to discuss how to resume inspections of Russian military bases, while Moscow had other priorities.

The treaty will officially expire in February 2026.

The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty was signed in 2010 and entered into force the following year. It aims to set an upper limit on the nuclear arsenals of the two countries and limit the deployment of a maximum of 1,550 strategic nuclear warheads by each party, which is nearly 30% lower than the number set in 2002.