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The head of the Committee on foreign Affairs, house of representatives, U.S. Senate ed Royce on Friday has proposed to introduce sanctions against Russia for its “violation of multi-year agreements on arms control”. We are talking about the elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range nuclear forces (INF). What is happening Senator called threat to global stability, according to Reuters.
Washington and Moscow have long questioned our mutual commitment to the agreement, prohibit the use of nuclear and conventional ballistic and cruise land-based missiles with range of 500-5,5 thousand km.
Royce said that Russian President Vladimir Putin for many years ignored its obligations under the INF Treaty.
“The recent deployment of the forbidden (agreement) missiles with nuclear warheads is a serious threat to the national security interests of the United States,” said Royce.
The us military said in February that Russia has secretly deployed a ground-based cruise missile SSC-8 in violation of the Treaty. Russia denies breach of contract.
Royce proposed the measure as an amendment to the Law on national security for 2018, the annual bill that sets policy for the Pentagon. Royce initiative coincided with the first personal meeting of presidents of the United States and Russia Donald trump and Vladimir Putin at the summit of leaders of the countries “big twenty”.