Donald Trump said he plans to pull the US out of a major arms control treaty with Russia, claiming the Kremlin breached the accord on intermediate-range nuclear weapons. Donald Trump said he plans to pull the US out of a major arms control treaty with Russia, claiming the Kremlin breached the accord on intermediate-range nuclear weapons. "We're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement," Trump said yesterday at a campaign rally in Nevada. The US has been warning Russia it could resort to strong countermeasures unless Moscow complies with international commitments to arms reduction under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty - a pact struck in the 1980s. NATO has credited the INF treaty with playing a crucial role in ensuring security for 30 years by ending the proliferation of ground-launched intermediate-range nuclear missiles.

Source: Irish Independent October 21, 2018 17:37 UTC