MOSCOW, April 25. /TASS/. Russia will press for compliance with the New START treaty by the US, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday in the wake of publication of a US Department of State report on adherence to and compliance with arms control.

"Relying on the formats of collaboration envisioned in the treaty, we keep up dialogue with the US and continue a search for solutions to the problems related to the implementation of the treaty and we'll continue pressing for strict compliance with the treaty on the part of the US," the ministry said.

Along with real arms cuts, the United States has also resorted to "incorrect manipulations" in order to achieve targets set by the treaty, the ministry said in its comment.

"The declared US achievement of the treaty’s goals by the February 5 2018 deadline was a result of not only real arms cuts but also of manipulations, which are incorrect from the point of view of contractual