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Biden favors renewal of U.S.-Russia nuke accord

U.S. President Joe Biden proposed seeking an extension to the last major U.S.-Russia nuclear accord, which the Trump administration decided to let lapse.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris (AN/White House)

WASHINGTON (AN) — U.S. President Joe Biden proposed on Thursday seeking an extension to the last remaining major U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty, which the Trump administration decided to let lapse rather than re-negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The move comes just before the decade-old New START treaty is set to expire on February 5. In October, Putin offered to extend it without making any changes, but former President Donald Trump's administration called that a “non-starter” because it did not apply to China or all of Russia’s arms. Former President Barack Obama and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the treaty in 2010 to limit each nation to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads.

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