Brussels - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on yesterday demanded Moscow prove it is complying with a landmark Cold War nuclear arms reduction treaty, as concerns grow over a new Russian missile system. Washington has complained for nearly two years that a ground-launched missile system deployed by Russia breaches the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). NATO defence ministers will discuss the issue at a two-day meeting in Brussels, after the alliance's July summit declaration said the Russian 9M729 missile system raised "serious concerns". On Tuesday the US Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison set pulses racing when she said Washington was looking to "take out the missiles that are in development by Russia". A NATO official insisted "the ball on this issue is in Russia's court", saying the alliance expected "credible answers" about the missile system.

Source: Philippine Star October 03, 2018 15:56 UTC