Russia has given conditions to start negotiating nuclear disarmament talks with the United States.
According to Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, Moscow will engage with Washington but only if the nuclear arsenals of both the United Kingdom and France are included.
This is coming after United States President Donald Trump said yesterday that he wanted to work towards reducing nuclear arms.
Trump also suggested that Russia and China might also support scaling back their weapons.
However, responding to Trump’s comments, Peskov told TASS: “We are certainly interested in starting the negotiation process as soon as possible.”
But Peskov also added: “In the current situation, all nuclear capacities need to be taken into account.
“In particular, it’s impossible to hold a conversation without taking into consideration the nuclear capacities of France and the United Kingdom.
“The current realities make it necessary,” he further stated.
