Moscow, Oct. 29 -- Russia is expecting a positive response from the US to President Vladimir Putin's proposal to extend the adherence to the New START (New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) by an additional year, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today.
Speaking at the Third Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security, Lavrov expressed hope that Washington would agree to unilaterally observe the treaty's quantitative limits, as Moscow has pledged to do, as per state media.
"I hope we can get a positive response from the United States to the proposal that they too agree to unilaterally comply with the quantitative indicators set out in the New START Treaty," Lavrov told reporters.
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