An old new contract

US President Donald Trump stated that he would like to conclude a new agreement on the elimination of medium and smaller missiles with Russia and other countries.

“I hope we can collect everyone in a large and beautiful room and conclude a new agreement, which will be much better. Of course, I would like to see it, ” Reuters reports.

The statement of the American president was commented on in the Russian Foreign Ministry, emphasizing that the country is ready for interaction.

“They are open to close coordination and full-Formal cooperation with single-minded states in the interests of strengthening strategic stability and international security,” the Ministry of the Ministry quotes RIA Novosti .

The chairman of the Commission of the Federation Council on Information Policy, Alexei Pushkov, skeptically belonging to the word Trump.

“Trump would like to conclude a new RSMD agreement? These are words, but don't. Their goal is to reassure the European Union and sweeten the bitter pill of the US withdrawal from the current agreement for them. And things are that the United States has already decided to destroy the contract from 1987. The rest is only rhetoric, ”Pushkov wrote on his Twitter .

Recall that the American government accused Moscow of violating the INFMD and announced the temporarily withdrawal for six months.

“Washington’s claims are related to the Russian missile 9M729. The United States insists that Russia destroy these missile systems. Moscow does not agree with accusations, claiming that 9M729 fully complies with the contract. If Russia does not destroy these missiles, Washington promises to finally leave the contract, ” RBC recalls.

The deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Ryabkov previously said that the Americans did not provide evidence that the rocket and its flight range violated the provisions of the contract, but demanded to destroy it. Representatives of the Russian foreign policy and the US State Department met in Beijing to discuss the INFMD, but negotiations did not bring any results. According to Ryabkov, the US withdrawal from the contract is inevitable. He stated this on the air of the Russia 24 television channel.

“I think that this is an inevitable prospect and there will be no deviations from what President Trump, as well as his national security assistant John Bolton, when he was in Moscow. This game is played out. The Americans, of course, will eventually discard the contract, ”said Ryabkov.

According to him, in this case, a “powerful blow” will be inflicted on the existing system of international control over weapons and non -proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharov, the air of the 60 minutes program on the Russia 1 channel said that the Russian Federation reserves the right to response to Washington.

“If the American side, administration, the White House will nevertheless finally form their opinion and leave the INFMD, Moscow reserves the right to the corresponding reaction and response, which, of course, will be done,” she said.

Representatives of European countries have previously repeatedly said that the contract should be preserved for the safety of the whole world.

“The United States wants to leave the INFMD. Unfortunately, Russia is not ready to restore loyalty to the contract. Without a contract, there will be less security. We need not debates about arms increase, but comprehensive control over weapons, ”wrote German Foreign Minister Haiko Maas on his Twitter .

The decision of Donald Trump on the temporary exit from the INFMD also caused a negative reaction in the States itself. In particular, the leader of the democrats faction at the American Congress Nancy Pelosi called on the White House to work on a missile problem with diplomatic methods.

“The undisguised non -compliance by Russia of this agreement causes deep concern, but the rejection of the key basis for our security system in the field of non -proliferation creates unacceptable risks. The administration should exhaust all the diplomatic efforts and work closely with NATO allies over the next six months to avoid the United States involvement in a dangerous arms race, ”Pelosi said in the official website .