US and Russia prepare negotiations on nuclear weapons control 

The United States and Russia will soon hold talks on resuming suspended nuclear arms control inspections, Reuters reports with reference to Ned Price, the spokesman of the US State Department.

“We've made clear to Russia that measures imposed as a result of Russia's unprovoked war against Ukraine don't prevent Russians and Russian inspectors from conducting New START treaty inspections in the United States," Price said. "So we hope that the meeting of the BCC (Bilateral Consultative Commission) will allow us to continue with those inspections,” he added.

According to Price, the Bilateral Consultative Commission on the arms control agreement between the world's two largest nuclear powers will meet "in the near future".

Russia suspended cooperation with inspections under the treaty in August. At the same time, the aggressor country blamed travel restrictions imposed by Washington and its allies over Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Russian Federation stated that it still considers it important to observe provisions of the agreement.