Kremlin supports extending nuke pact

MOSCOW — The Kremlin on Friday welcomed the Biden administration’s offer to extend a nuclear disarmament treaty that is set to expire next month, signaling, as had been expected, that Russia intends to cooperate with the United States on nuclear security despite President Joe Biden’s pledges to otherwise pursue a harder line with Moscow than his predecessor.

The agreement was last updated in 2010 and puts a cap on the number of strategic nuclear warheads both sides can deploy at 1,500 warheads each.

The Trump administration had resisted extending the original treaty.