According to him, the situation around the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is of growing concern due to the actions of the United States.”The situation around the CTBT is of growing concern. The responsibility for the fact that the Treaty has not entered into force for more than a quarter of a century of its existence lies, in fact, with the United States, which has refused defiantly to ratify and show a clear tendency to resume testing, “- said Ryabkov.”We cannot remain indifferent to what is happening. If the United States nevertheless decides to take such a step and be the first to carry out nuclear tests, we will be forced to react adequately. No one should have dangerous illusions that global strategic parity can be destroyed, ”he stressed Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said that for many years the United States had materially violated the central provisions of the Treaty on Measures to Reduce and Further Limit Strategic Offensive Arms (START) .
