Putin: US’ violation weapons grade plutonium disposal conditions is a major problem

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that the United States’ violation of conditions of weapons grade plutonium disposal is a major problem in the sphere of international security, TASS reports.

"The conditions that you’ve just mentioned and described as proactive are explained on paper. There is a presidential decree. As for the procedures of disposing of weapons grade plutonium the United States has violated, they are a very serious matter in the field of international security and the handling of nuclear materials," Putin said. He said those were very different questions.

Russia, he said, has paused compliance with the weapons grade plutonium disposal treaty because the United States had failed to comply with its obligations.

"As for how we should conduct negotiations on a wide range of issues, we will manage to come to terms," Putin said.