"We've seen a string of egregious #Russia|n military & intelligence operations across the globe" - #election interference in US, propping up #Assad in #Syria, etc, @USArmsControl Envoy Marshall Billingslea tells #EUDefense
Russia's track record on arms control "equally abysmal"
Russia's track record on arms control "equally abysmal"
"#Russia stands in violation of nearly every agreement we have with them" per @USArmsControl
"Even more concerning is what #China's up to" per @USArmsControl
"While it wants the world to believe that it maintains only a handful of weapons...it is in fact pursuing a dangerous & destabilizing nuclear weapons build-up w/the intent of ultimately seeking nuclear parity"
"While it wants the world to believe that it maintains only a handful of weapons...it is in fact pursuing a dangerous & destabilizing nuclear weapons build-up w/the intent of ultimately seeking nuclear parity"
"For too long, #Russia & #China have been arms racing & we have not" per @USArmsControl
"We intend to establish a new arms control regime w/Russia & China to prevent an unprecedented 3-way arms race"
"We intend to establish a new arms control regime w/Russia & China to prevent an unprecedented 3-way arms race"
"The next agreement, simply put, must control&restrain all warheads" per @USArmsControl
"Any future agreement must be meaningfully verifiable..There is no longer a 'trust but verify' w/a cheating #Russia & a secretive & nontransparent #China. There is only verify &verify again"
"Any future agreement must be meaningfully verifiable..There is no longer a 'trust but verify' w/a cheating #Russia & a secretive & nontransparent #China. There is only verify &verify again"
"We're beginning to see some positive indications of evolution in the Chinese position" per @USArmsControl
#Russia|n actions dating back to 2007 large part of reason for "the erosion of arms controls" in #Europe, per @GERMANYonUN Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control, Amb Susanne Baumann
"We are back to an extremely difficult relationship w/#Russia, a Russia which is more assertive & shows a significant military build-up" per @GERMANYonUN
"To be fair, I think we also have to look into the #Russia|n perspective" per @GERMANYonUN "From this Russian perspective, @NATO's enlargement & its open door policy are considered a threat, as are missile defense, outer space or long-range conventional capabilities"
Disruptive technologies like #ArtificialIntelligence, #hypersonics "demand new and intelligent arms control instruments" per @GERMANYonUN
"We have to include #China more strngly into the arms control architecture" per @GERMANYonUN "We are concerned"
But she adds, "the involvement of China cannot come at the expense of existing arms control regimes, notably the new START Treaty"
But she adds, "the involvement of China cannot come at the expense of existing arms control regimes, notably the new START Treaty"
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