MOSCOW
\nRussia has dismissed the possibility of nuclear talks with the United States citing Washington\u2019s stance on NATO expansion, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
\n\u201cWe see no point in dialogue with Washington without respect for Russia\u2019s fundamental interests. First of all, this is the problem of NATO\u2019s expansion into the post-soviet space, which poses threats to common security,\u201d Zakharova said.
\nOn Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia will not discuss signing a new treaty with the United States to replace an agreement limiting each side\u2019s strategic nuclear weapons that expires in 2026 as it needs to be broadened and expanded to cover other states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOSCOW Russia has dismissed the possibility of nuclear talks with the United States citing Washington\u2019s stance on NATO expansion, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. \u201cWe see no point in dialogue with Washington without respect for Russia\u2019s fundamental interests. First of all, this is the problem of NATO\u2019s expansion into the post-soviet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-434978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n