MOSCOW, January 27. /TASS/. Moscow does not reject to discuss arms control with Washington, but the US complicates a constructive dialogue, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in an interview for Kommersant, published Thursday.
"The off-charts aggression of the US, who bid on inflicting a ‘strategic defeat’ on Russia in the total hybrid war, initiated against us, has made constructive and fruitful business ‘as usual’ on arms control with Washington almost impossible in principle. Of course, it does not mean that we refuse arms control itself. But this area cannot exist separately from military-political and geo-strategic reality," he said.
He added that it is necessary to achieve an understanding with the West to make "viable" decision in these areas.
"In order to ensure long-term and truly viable decision in this area, it would be necessary to achieve an understanding with the West about the parameters and principles of coexistence, which would ensure the minimization of the conflict potential," the diplomat said.