MOSCOW, November 6. /TASS/. Moscow will not discuss the resumption of procedures under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) as long as the US provides long-range weapons to Kiev, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"How can we allow the Americans to visit our nuclear facilities <...>, when they are providing long-range weapons to the Ukrainians, which have already been used in attempted attacks on our strategic basis, including those hosting strategic nuclear bombers?" he pointed out, addressing the Znanie (Knowledge) marathon at the International RUSSIA EXPO.

According to Lavrov, the US could also have provided Ukraine with information necessary for attacks on targets like those.

"The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty’s preamble says that we are no longer rivals, we enjoy mutual trust and we need to have a balance of interests and indivisible security. The Americans have trampled upon it all, torn it and washed it down the drain. This is why they say: we are having issues with Ukraine but let’s consider a resumption of procedures under the treaty. This will not happen," Lavrov said.