According to the source, Moscow transferred the draft agreement to Washington in October 2018. In this draft document, it is emphasized that in "nuclear war cannot be won, so this war is never allowed".

In addition, in the draft agreement, the Russian side also proposed to take necessary measures to prevent accidental or unauthorized use of nuclear weapons. The Kremlin has been waiting for a 6-month response.

A spokesman for the US embassy in Russia said Washington "is still committed to effective arms control".

The US has stopped implementing its commitments in the Mid-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty since February 2019. According to Washington, the main reason is that Moscow systematically violated the conditions set out in the INF Treaty.

In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 4 signed an ordinance on stopping implementation of the Treaty on the Elimination of Medium-Range and Short-Range (INF) Missiles with the United States.

The INF treaty was signed by the former US and Soviet leaders on December 8, 1987 and officially took effect on June 1, 1988. According to INF, the two sides pledged not to produce, test, deploy medium and short-range ballistic missiles and cruise missiles (with a range of 500-500km).

Moscow and Washington frequently accuse each other of violating the terms of the INF Treaty.

Russia’s "Kommersant - Business" on April 19 led private sources to say that Russia has proposed an agreement to prevent nuclear war from happening, but Moscow’s initiative has not yet received an answer. from Washington.