The State Department called on Moscow to “return to compliance with the INF Treaty”
US calls on Russia to return to the execution of the INF Treaty, the purpose of which is to destroy a whole class weapons in the name of safety on Earth, transmits RIA News Statement by Secretary of State John Kerry.
The Secretary of State commended the efforts of the leaders of the two countries 30-year-old.
“The ideas that President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev discussed laid the foundations for modern arms control and disarmament, helped reverse the arms race and pushed the negotiations on the INF and the Treaty on the Reduction of Strategic Offensive Arms,” he said.
Kerry recalled that during the cold war years, the USSR and the USA had accumulated thousands of nuclear warheads, and "Reagan and Gorbachev were able to initiate the mutual reduction of nuclear arsenals and means of delivering atomic weapons."
“As the president (USA Barack) Obama said, the rules should be binding. Therefore, we urge Russia to return to compliance with the INF Treaty, thus ensuring the purpose of the treaty - the destruction of a whole class of weapons in our arsenals for the benefit of Europe, Asia and the rest of the world ”,
said Kerry on the occasion of the 30 anniversary summit in Reykjavik, at which Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan "laid the foundations for strategic arms reductions."The Secretary of State commended the efforts of the leaders of the two countries 30-year-old.
“The ideas that President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev discussed laid the foundations for modern arms control and disarmament, helped reverse the arms race and pushed the negotiations on the INF and the Treaty on the Reduction of Strategic Offensive Arms,” he said.
Kerry recalled that during the cold war years, the USSR and the USA had accumulated thousands of nuclear warheads, and "Reagan and Gorbachev were able to initiate the mutual reduction of nuclear arsenals and means of delivering atomic weapons."
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