In response to US actions, Russia may waive a moratorium on the deployment of intermediate-range and short-range land-based missiles. This was told by the director of the non-proliferation and arms control department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Vladimir Ermakov, to TASS. According to him, it all depends on the type of missiles the United States can deploy in the Asia-Pacific region.
“In particular, Russia’s willingness to continue adhering to the unilateral moratorium on the deployment of medium- and short-range land-based missiles in certain regions will fundamentally depend on the specific parameters of their range (missiles – editor’s note). But even now we can say with confidence that the destabilizing military programs of the United States and its allies make our moratorium increasingly fragile, both in the Asia-Pacific region and in Europe,” Yermakov said in an interview. at TASS.
Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that despite the suspension of participation in the Strategic Offensive Weapons Treaty, Russia would continue to notify the United States of launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles and ballistic missiles of submarines. sailors. This decision is based on a 1988 agreement.
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