Moscow will immediately respond to the deployment of US nuclear and conventional missiles in a particular region, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a comment on a year after the end of the INF Treaty.
As noted in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the US actions have led to the fact that "there are no limitations on short- and intermediate- range missiles, whereas the threats for universal security and stability have increased manifold"
"After abandoning the treaty Washington immediately embarked on completing the development of missiles previously banned under the treaty. The US conducted full-scale tests of these missiles, which fully confirmed that Russia’s long-standing grievances with Washington regarding the treaty were fully justified. The US publicly announced its intention to deploy advanced missiles as soon as possible, primarily in the Asia-Pacific Region. Deployment in Europe has not been ruled out, either," the comment reads.
"Obviously, the deployment of US ground-based short- and intermediate-range missiles in various parts of the world will seriously undermine regional and global security and provoke a new and dangerous round in the arms race. Russia cannot ignore the potential risk of additional missiles adjacent to its territory, which would be of a strategic nature for us. This would require an immediate response regardless of whether these are nuclear or conventional missiles," the message concludes.
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Based on materials from RIA Novosti