Russia’s deputy foreign minister said Moscow, despite the suspension, was committed to sticking to limits on nuclear warheads and would also continue to implement a 1998 agreement on exchange of warnings.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov Moscow said today that it would continue to notify the United States of the launch of intercontinental or submarine-launched ballistic missiles despite suspending its participation in the remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, according to the news agency. Interfax.
President Vladimir Putin announced last month the suspension of Russia’s participation in the New START treaty signed in 2010, which limits the number of strategic nuclear warheads each side can deploy. In response, the United States said on Tuesday it would stop sharing some data on its nuclear forces with Moscow.
Ryabkov said Russia, despite the suspension, was committed to sticking to limits on nuclear warheads and would also continue to implement a 1998 agreement to exchange alerts on missile launches, Interfax reported.
A US official said last month that Russia’s decision showed it was “not a responsible nuclear power”.
Putin justified it by saying, without providing evidence, that the West was directly involved in the Ukrainian attacks against Russian strategic bomber bases deep inside Russian territory.
He said NATO’s demand that Russia should allow inspections of its nuclear bases under the New START treaty was therefore unreasonable.
In a separate development, Russia announced on Wednesday that it had begun training exercises involving thousands of its military personnel to test the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile.
Source :Skai
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