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Putin warns US over deploying missiles in European nations
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IANS | 20 Feb, 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he would deploy
missiles capable of striking the US if Washington decides to station
missiles in European nations within striking distance of Russia.
Giving
his annual address to the Parliament, Putin said he was not looking for
a confrontation with the US and nor would his country be the first to
deploy missiles once Donald Trump's administration completes the process
of withdrawing from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
But he warned of tit-for-tat measures in the case of an escalation by Washington, Efe news reported.
"Russia
would be obliged to manufacture and station weaponry that could not
only be used against territories where the direct threat comes from but
also decision-making centres," Putin told lawmakers. "We know how to do
it and we would put these plans into effect as soon as such a threat
became a reality," he added.
Russia announced it would withdraw
from the INF at the beginning of February following Washington's
unilateral decision to break away from the pact, a process that is set
to be completed in six months' time. Either country can backtrack during
that period.
Washington and Moscow both accuse each other of breaching the agreement.
The
INF Treaty was signed in 1987 between the then Soviet Union and the US
on the elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles.
Putin
previously said that Russia's response to the US withdrawal would be
"symmetrical" but that nevertheless, Moscow would still refrain from
deploying weapons with a range between 500 km and 5,500 km in European
Russia and other global regions, so long Washington also agreed not to.
The
Russian President questioned Washington's justifications for pulling
out of the treaty. "Our US partners should have been honest about it
instead of using thought-up accusations to justify their unilateral exit
from the treaty," he said.
"They should have done it the same
way they quit the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2004 when they simply
pulled out, openly and honestly."
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