Russia is in compliance with the Cold-War era arms control treaty, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked about Washington's call that Moscow must scrap its 9M729 nuclear-capable cruise missiles and launchers or modify them.
“Russia has not violated, is not violating and remains committed to its obligations under the INF treaty,” Reuters cited the spokesman as saying.
US Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control Andrea Thomson said yesterday that Russia must scrap its 9M729 nuclear-capable cruise missiles and launchers or modify the weapons’ range to return to compliance with the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty and avert a U.S. pullout from the pact, Reuters recalled.
