Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Russia’s main goal was to maintain nuclear parity with the United States, Russian news agencies quoted Reuters and Agerpres as saying.

Dmytro Peskov, Kremlin spokesmanPhoto: Serhii Guneev / Sputnik / Profimedia

Peskov made the comments hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would suspend its participation in a new nuclear arms control treaty that limits the number of nuclear warheads that can be deployed by both Russia and the United States.

“The main goal of the president and our country is to ensure the preservation of nuclear parity,” TASS quoted Peskov as saying in an interview with Russian news agencies after Putin’s speech in the joint chambers of the parliament.

He also noted that the Kremlin is currently preparing a document on the suspension of the treaty by Russia, which will then be ratified by the parliament.

Also, according to Peskov, the Kremlin will publish a new version of Russia’s foreign policy doctrine in the coming days.

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