Russia is alarmed by the implementation of US officials’ plans to deploy weapons prohibited by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. This was stated by the deputy head of the delegation of the Russian Federation, Konstantin Vorontsov, at the meeting of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly. RIA News.
He emphasized that the West is balancing precariously on the brink of armed conflict between nuclear powers.
“The potential increase that may arise as a result of the US implementation of plans for the deployment of weapons banned under the INF Treaty, previously condemned by Washington, is extremely worrying,” Vorontsov said.
On October 2, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov announced that the banned medium and short-range missiles were American-made. may appear in Europe and Asia-Pacific. He noted that the West had not given any response to Russia’s call to declare a moratorium on the deployment of the INF.
Before that, Nikolai Nozdrev, director of the third Asian department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that the Russian Federation take into account possible deployment of the American INF to Japan in its military planning.
Previously in the USA questioned The rigidity of Russia’s “red lines”.
Source: Gazeta
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