Europe­an Union urged Russia and US to save the dealKUBINKA (RUSSIA): Russia on Wednesday unveiled a missile system that Washington claims is in violation of a key arms control treaty, in a last-minute bid to counter US criticism and save the Soviet-era agreement. President Donald Trump has threatened to walk away from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty (INF), with Washington claiming that Russia’s 9M729 ground-based missile system violates the deal. Russian defence and foreign ministry officials insisted the range of the missile system was allowed under the agreement. The US says the missile system should be destroyed in a verifiable manner if Russia wants to keep the INF alive. The INF treaty puts no restrictions on major military actors like China, a huge concern for the United States.

Source: The Express Tribune January 23, 2019 15:22 UTC