I-United States ngoLwesibili isole iRussia ngokwephula i-New START, into yokugcina enkulu yokulawulwa kwezikhali zenuzi phakathi kwala mazwe womabili kusukela ekupheleni kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi, yathi iMoscow yenqabile ukuvumela ukuhlolwa emhlabathini wayo.
Isivumelwano saqala ukusebenza ngo-2011 futhi sanwetshwa eminye iminyaka emihlanu ngo-2021. Sikhawulela inani lezikhali zenuzi zamasu i-US neRussia ezingazisebenzisa, kanye nemicibisholo ejikijelwa phansi kanye namabhomu angaphansi komhlaba kanye namabhomu abawahambisa ukuwahambisa. .
Lawa mazwe womabili, aboshwe uchungechunge lwezivumelwano zokulawula izikhali ngesikhathi seMpi Yomshoshaphansi, esehlangene cishe angamaphesenti angama-90 ezikhali zenuzi emhlabeni.
IWashington ibikulangazelela kakhulu ukugcina isivumelwano siphila, kepha ubudlelwano neMoscow manje sebubi kakhulu emashumini eminyaka ngenxa yokuhlasela kweRussia i-Ukraine, okungase kube nzima imizamo yokuphatha kukaMongameli uJoe Biden yokugcina kanye nokuthola isivumelwano sokulandelela.
"Ukwenqaba kweRussia ukubambisana nemisebenzi yokuhlola kuvimbela i-United States ekusebenziseni amalungelo abalulekile ngaphansi kwesivumelwano futhi kusongela ukusebenza kokulawulwa kwezikhali zenuzi zase-US-Russia," kusho umkhulumeli woMnyango WezoMbuso ephawula nge-imeyili.
Inhloko yeSenate National Security Committee yase-US, okumele ivume lesi sivumelwano, ithe ukwehluleka kweMoscow ukuthobela imigomo kuzophazamisa izivumelwano zezikhali ezizayo.
"Kodwa kuyacaca ukuthi ukuzibophezela kokuhambisana nesivumelwano esisha se-START kubalulekile kunoma yikuphi ukulawulwa kwezikhali kwamasu okuzayo neMoscow okucutshungulwa yiSigele," kusho uSenator weDemocratic Alliance uBob Menendez, uJack Reid noMark Warner. ”
UMendez ungusihlalo weKomidi leSenate Foreign Relations, uReid ungusihlalo weSenate Armed Services Committee, kanti uWarner ungusihlalo weSenate Intelligence Committee.
IMoscow yamisa ukubambisana ekuhlolweni ngaphansi kwesivumelwano ngo-Agasti, isola iWashington kanye nabalingani bayo ngemikhawulo yokuhamba eyabekwa ngemuva kokuba amasosha aseRussia ehlasele izwe elingumakhelwane i-Ukraine ngoFebhuwari odlule, kodwa yathi isazimisele ukugcina imigomo yesivumelwano.
Umkhulumeli woMnyango Wezwe wengeze ngokuthi iRussia “inendlela ehlanzekile” yokubuyela ekulandeleni ngokuvumela ukuhlolwa, nokuthi iWashington isazimisele ukusebenzisana neRussia ukuze isisebenzise ngokugcwele isivumelwano.
"I-START entsha isalokhu igxile ekuvikelekeni kwezwe laseMelika," kusho umkhulumeli.
Izingxoxo phakathi kweMoscow neWashington zokuthi kuqale kabusha ukuhlolwa kwe-START entsha, obekuhlelelwe uNovemba e-Egypt, zihlehliswe yiRussia, kungekho hlangothi olubeka usuku olusha.
NgoMsombuluko, iRussia itshele i-United States ukuthi lesi sivumelwano singaphelelwa yisikhathi ngo-2026 ngaphandle kokushintshwa njengoba ithi iWashington izama ukwenza "ukwehluleka kwamasu" eMoscow e-Ukraine.
Ebuzwa ukuthi iMoscow ngeke yini icabange ukuthi asikho isivumelwano sokulawula izikhali zenuzi ngemuva kuka-2026, iPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle uSergei Ryabkov utshele inhlangano entsha yezobunhloli baseRussia: "Leso simo kungenzeka."
Selokhu yahlasela, i-United States inikeze usizo lwezokuphepha olungaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-27 zamarandi e-Ukraine, okuhlanganisa nezinhlelo zokuvikela umoya ze-Stinger ezingaphezu kuka-1,600, izinhlelo ezicitshwayo ze-Javelin ezilwa nethangi eziyi-8,500, nemizuliswano eyisigidi esingu-1 yezingcezu zezikhali ezingama-155mm.
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Feb-07-2023