RUSSIA WON'T QUIT NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY UNLESS IT FACES ‘SERIOUS THREAT’ – KREMLIN (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 13:29

File photo of U.S. President Ronald Reagan (R) and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signing the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty at the White House, on December 8 1987. (Reuters/Dennis Paquin)

Moscow won’t withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty unless it senses a “serious threat” to the country’s security, Kremlin chief of staff Sergey Ivanov has said.

“Basically, in exceptional circumstances each of the sides can withdraw from the treaty,” Ivanov told the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper. “I don’t see such exceptional circumstances so far. As a matter of fact we adhere to fulfilling international obligations. That is until we feel there’s a serious threat to the country’s security.”

In July, the US State Department accused Russia of testing a new cruise missile in violation of the landmark treaty. Moscow has dismissed the allegations as ones based on “no evidence.”

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