MOSCOW. Dec 19 (Interfax) - Russia will implement its obligations on limiting its strategic weapons under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) before the February 5, 2018 deadline, Mikhail Ulyanov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, said on Tuesday.
"By February 5, 2018, we are supposed to meet the limits for warheads and delivery vehicles under the New START. The Russian Federation is strictly adhering to the Treaty and will meet its obligation on limiting the level of weapons. We can speak of this with all confidence," Ulyanov said in an interview with Interfax.