MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th October, 2018) Russia might eventually lose its New START treaty on strategic arms reduction with the United States, as well as its control over arms, as there is no basis for optimism with regard to US actions, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said amid Washington's announcement of plans to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Moscow.
US President Donald Trump revealed the US intentions on Saturday, claiming that Russia had violated the deal, something vehemently denied by Moscow.
"I cannot yet see any basis for the creation of such an artificially optimistic environment. On the contrary, I believe that after some time, we might lose the second treaty, New START, too, due to such an approach of the US side. We might lose control over arms, just like we have to some extent lost control over expressions lately," Ryabkov told Russia's Channel One on Wednesday.
"After the INF treaty, we may lose one more key bilateral deal - the New Start treaty of 2010," the diplomat pointed out.
