15.05.2023г.
Pugwash noted that:
On 4 May 2023, Pugwash convened a small virtual roundtable discussion comprising experts and former officials from the US, Russia, and several European countries. The meeting initiated a series of events aimed at finding workable approaches and to redefine common interests which can restore functioning arm control measures. As such, the scope of this first meeting was broad, looking at three important dimensions of the US-Russia strategic nuclear relationship:
- 1) future of strategic stability dialogue focusing on New START;
- 2) INF succession and European security;
- 3) tactical nuclear weapons located in Europe.
It was clear to all that we are in a difficult moment with respect to bilateral relations and arms control. However, as Pugwash has done in the past, every effort today should be made to overcome political divides and seek security through cooperative influence – we must not abandon the 50 years of progress in the arms control sphere. It should be underlined that both governments, the United States and Russia, have agency to avoid a nuclear arms race and look for ways to bring down the nuclear temperature.
Source: https://pugwash.org/2023/05/15/pugwash-meeting-on-next-steps-to-restore-us-russian-arms-control/