Geneva, Updated At : 03:30 PM Feb 06, 2026 IST — Reuters
The US on Friday called for a new arms control agreement after the treaty that set caps on the United States’ and Russia’s strategic nuclear weapons deployments for more than two decades expired on Thursday.
Thomas DiNanno, the US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, told delegates at the Disarmament Conference in Geneva that extending New START — which limited the world’s two biggest nuclear powers — would not benefit the US or the world because it was flawed and did not include China.
“Today, the United States faces threats from multiple nuclear powers. In short, a bilateral treaty with only one nuclear power is simply inappropriate in 2026 and going forward,” DiNanno said.
Earlier, DiNanno told reporters that President Donald Trump has been clear that he wants a new treaty on nuclear arms controls.
