Biden ‘proposing five-year extension of nuclear weapons treaty with Russia’

The treaty is set to expire in February and is the last remaining agreement constraining US and Russian nuclear weapons

President Joe Biden waits to sign his first executive order in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Picture: AP

The Biden administration has proposed to Russia a five-year extension of the New Start treaty limiting the number of US and Russian strategic nuclear weapons, a US official said.

The proposal was being communicated to Russian officials, said the official.