Trump wants new nuclear talks with Russia

US President Donald Trump has hinted that he would resume negotiations to maintain the existing restrictions on nuclear weapons with Russia.

The president made his remarks as the New START treaty, which limits the number of warheads and the means of their delivery, is set to expire on February 5, 2026.

“That’s not an agreement you want expiring. We’re starting to work on that,” Trump told reporters outside the White House before a trip to Scotland on Friday, according to Reuters.

“When you take off nuclear restrictions, that’s a big problem,” Trump said.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier this year that “dialogue between Russia and the US on arms control is necessary, especially concerning strategic stability.” He stressed, however, that it would require “an appropriate level of trust,” which needs to come with the normalization of bilateral ties severed by the Biden administration in 2022.

The New START treaty was signed in 2010 by then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his US counterpart at the time Barack Obama during a brief period of rapprochement known as the “reset.”