Russia no longer feels bound by a standstill agreement regarding an arms control treaty with the US, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Because the US has deployed short- and medium-range missiles, Russia no longer has to adhere to the INF Treaty, Lavrov said in an interview with the RIA news agency published on Sunday.
“Today it is clear that, for example, our moratorium on the deployment of short- and medium-range missiles is no longer practically feasible and must be abandoned. “The United States has arrogantly ignored the warnings of Russia and China and has in practice resorted to deploying weapons of this class in different parts of the world,” the Russian Foreign Minister said.
Treaty between the US and the Soviet Union
At the end of 1987, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty was concluded between the United States and the Soviet Union. It aims at the elimination of all short- and medium-range land-based ballistic and cruise missiles.
Ship- and aircraft-based systems and land-based nuclear systems with a range of less than 500 kilometers are not covered by the INF Treaty.
The US withdrew from the treaty in 2019. Russia has since said it will not use such weapons unless the US does.
Source: Krone
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