Tillerson: Russia violated the RSMD agreement

In recent years, Russia has violated the terms of the 1987 agreement on the elimination of small and medium -range missiles, said US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at a meeting of the United States of the United States, dedicated to non -proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The transcript of the official’s speech is posted on the website of the State Department of the United States.

“Unfortunately, in recent years, Russia often acted in such a way as to weaken global norms and undermine efforts to bring to the liability of states (violators. - Ed.),” Tillerson noted. According to him, Moscow violated the guarantees that it gave at the end of the Cold War, and deliberately seeks to undermine the efforts of the Magate to investigate secret nuclear programs.

“If Russia wants to restore the role of a reliable partner in solving the problem with North Korea, it can demonstrate good intentions, observing its obligations within the framework of international efforts on nuclear security and control over weapons,” Tillerson added. The official called on Moscow to "study how it can better maintain global efforts to non -proliferation of nuclear weapons."

In Moscow, “Tillerson was surprised” with surprise, the Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nevenzi said . "Today we learned with surprise from the US Secretary of State that Russia, it turns out, also weakens the potential of the IAEA. This, of course, is a new word for us," said the diplomat.

These are not the first charges by Washington of violating the RSMD agreement. In March, the deputy chairman of the United Committee of the Chiefs of the United States, General Paul Selva, said that Russia has launched a ground winged missile , thereby ignoring the "spirit" of the contract. At the same time, the military did not specify whether the rocket can carry a nuclear charge.

On July 8, the head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Republican Ed Royce proposed imposing new sanctions against Russia for violation of the RSMD agreement.

In July 2014, President Barack Obama sent a letter to Putin with charges of violating the RMSD agreement . In April 2015, the State Department threatened to “take measures” to Russia if it continues to violate the contract.

On February 14, The New York Times, citing sources in the White House, reported that the Russian military launched a completely combat-ready division of ground-based cruise land-based missilee. It was claimed that two divisions of cruise missiles were deployed, one of which is located at the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region, and the other in December was moved from this landfill to an unknown base. The article stated that this violates the Soviet-American contract.

The press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the publication, said that Russia remains committed to its international obligations, including the RSMD agreement. “No one officially accused Russia of violating the (agreement of O) RSMD,” the official emphasized.

On February 23, US President Donald Trump Direct made such a charge , declaring his discontent in connection with the deployment of cruise missiles in Russia. The American leader assured that he would certainly discuss the issue of personal meeting with Putin. Whether the issue of the contract at the first meeting of the two presidents was addressed on July 7 in Hamburg was not reported.