Vladimir Putin in Greece spoke about the retaliatory steps of Russia on the deployment of the US European missile defense segment in Romania and Poland
Following the talks with Alexis Tsipras, Vladimir Putin commented on economic, political and security issues. So, one of the comments was devoted to the deployment of American missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe. Statement by the President of Russia leads Interfax:
Recall that the US missile defense segment has earned in the Romanian locality Deveselu.
According to Putin, similar actions will be taken in relation to Poland immediately after the base with US missile defense elements is being used there.
Vladimir Putin noted that the United States is on the path of violating the Treaty on Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles:
Recall that the United States at one time stated that they were deploying missile defense elements in Poland and Romania, fearing "the possibility of creating a nuclear weapons Iran. " Now Iran, for Washington’s purposes, doesn’t seem to be listed, while the United States denies that the missile defense segment in Eastern Europe is directed against Russia, without answering the question of who this segment is against in this case.
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