President Vladimir Putin said Russia is ready to restart discussions with the U.S. over arms control and denied that the collapse of a significant nuclear missile treaty between the two nations would prompt an arms race.
Putin formally suspended Russia's participation in the INF treaty with the U.S. on Wednesday. The treaty stated that neither country can produce, possess, or flight-test ground-launched, intermediate-range ballistic and cruise missiles with a range between 500 and 5,500 kilometers.
Russia has said the U.S.′ missile defense system in eastern Europe is a violation of the agreement; the U.S. insists the system is to defend itself and Europe from "rogue states." warned of a resolute response if the U.S. decides to station missiles in countries neighboring Russia.The INF treaty was signed in 1987 and was designed to end decades of heightenedThe U.S. formally withdraws from the agreement on August 2. In late June, NATO called on Russia to save the treaty by destroying the disputed cruise missile system but there are no signs this will happen.
Putin told the Italian newspaper that the "collapse of the international security system" had begun when the U.S. had unilaterally withdrawn from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002 and that by now pulling out of the INF treaty, the U.S. was "de facto dismantling yet another agreement." He said another nuclear reduction treaty, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, also known as New START, was also under threat.
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