Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - Russia wants talks with the United States but says such conversations must be "comprehensive" and include the subject of Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Friday, June 21.
"It is impossible to rip
out any individual segments from the general complex of accumulated problems,
and we will not do this," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked
if Moscow was ready to talk to Washington about nuclear risks.
"So we are open to
dialogue, but to a broad comprehensive dialogue that covers all dimensions,
including the current dimension related to the conflict around Ukraine, related
to the direct involvement of the USA in this conflict," Peskov told reporters.
The U.S. says any negotiations over the war must be
dependent on Ukraine and what it wants.
The United States rejects Russia's contention that by arming
Ukraine it has become a direct protagonist in a war aimed at inflicting a
crushing "strategic defeat" on Moscow.
Peskov told reporters that the list of topics Russia and the
United States needed to discuss was growing.
“Overall, this dialogue is
very much required,”
"It is needed because
problems are piling up, and there are a lot of problems associated with the
global security architecture."
But the US says Russia is to blame because they started the
Ukraine war and they are still in it, almost 3 years later.
Also this week, President Putin visited nuclear-armed North
Korea, signed a mutual defence agreement with its leader Kim Jong Un and said
he might supply Russian weapons to North Korea in response to the Western
arming of Ukraine.
Putin also reiterated on Thursday that he was considering
reviewing Russia's doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons. The last remaining
arms control treaty that limits the number of strategic nuclear warheads that
Russia and the United States can deploy is due to expire in 2026.
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