U.S. Department of State spokesperson Ned Price said on Nov. 8 that Russia and the United States have agreed to hold a bilateral meeting on the New START treaty. “We have agreed that the BCC [New START Treaty’s Bilateral Consultative Commission] will meet in the near future under the terms of the New START Treaty,” he said. “That’s the bilateral mechanism for discussing treaty implementation issues under the New START Treaty. The work of the BCC is confidential, but we do hope for a constructive session,” he said, reported TASS.
He did not indicate any date for these talks, but did say that the issues of Ukrainian crisis settlement will not be raised at the talks. “Of course, nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine is a cardinal principle that applies to Russia’s war in Ukraine,” Price said.
