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NATO chief says ‘no real progress’ on nuclear treaty

After meeting Russians, NATO chief says ‘no real progress’ on nuclear treaty, Politico, By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN– 25 Jan 19

‘We don’t want a new Cold War,’ says Jens Stoltenberg. ‘We don’t want a new arms race.’ Russia refused to give any ground during a meeting with NATO on Friday about its alleged violations of a nuclear treaty, leaving the landmark arms control agreement in “real jeopardy,” Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said.

NATO says Russia has deployed a new land-based missile, the Iskander 9M729, in violation of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which since 1988 has banned all missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 kilometers. And U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he will begin withdrawing from the landmark nuclear accord on February 2 unless Russia takes steps to return to compliance.

The Kremlin insists that it has not breached the INF, and this week a senior Russian defense ministry official showed one of contested missiles to journalists at an event outside of Moscow and said it had a maximum range of 480 kilometers, making it compliant with the treaty.

Western allies urged Russia to return to compliance at the meeting on Friday of the Russia-NATO Council, but Stoltenberg said the session yielded no change in either side’s position……https://www.politico.eu/article/jens-stoltenberg-russia-nato-after-meeting-russians-chief-says-no-real-progress-on-nuclear-treaty/

 

January 26, 2019 - Posted by | politics international, Russia

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