04.08.2025, 21:06
Foreign Ministry: Russia no longer considers itself bound by the INF Treaty restrictions
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS Russia no longer considers itself bound by restrictions on the deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range land-based missiles, the Foreign Ministry said.
In accordance with the INF Treaty, the parties pledged not to produce, test or deploy land-based ballistic and cruise missiles of medium (1001-5500 kilometers) and shorter (500-1000 kilometers) range, as well as launchers for them.
"Since our repeated warnings in this regard have been ignored and the situation is developing along the path of the actual deployment of American—made ground-based INF missiles in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, the Russian Foreign Ministry notes the disappearance of conditions for maintaining a unilateral moratorium on the deployment of similar weapons and is authorized to declare that the Russian Federation no longer considers itself bound by the relevant previously adopted self-restrictions," they noted There.
The country's leadership will decide on specific response measures. They will be based on an interagency analysis of the scale of the deployment of American and other Western ground-based INF missiles, as well as the overall development of the situation in the field of international security and strategic stability.
The ministry stressed that the steps taken by the collective West lead to an increase in missile capabilities in the regions adjacent to Russia. This poses a direct threat to the country's security. At the same time, Moscow's call to NATO to declare a reciprocal moratorium on the deployment of weapons systems previously prohibited under the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles was not reciprocated.
In accordance with the INF Treaty, the parties pledged not to produce, test or deploy land-based ballistic and cruise missiles of medium (1001-5500 kilometers) and shorter (500-1000 kilometers) range, as well as launchers for them.
"Since our repeated warnings in this regard have been ignored and the situation is developing along the path of the actual deployment of American—made ground-based INF missiles in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, the Russian Foreign Ministry notes the disappearance of conditions for maintaining a unilateral moratorium on the deployment of similar weapons and is authorized to declare that the Russian Federation no longer considers itself bound by the relevant previously adopted self-restrictions," they noted There.
The country's leadership will decide on specific response measures. They will be based on an interagency analysis of the scale of the deployment of American and other Western ground-based INF missiles, as well as the overall development of the situation in the field of international security and strategic stability.
The ministry stressed that the steps taken by the collective West lead to an increase in missile capabilities in the regions adjacent to Russia. This poses a direct threat to the country's security. At the same time, Moscow's call to NATO to declare a reciprocal moratorium on the deployment of weapons systems previously prohibited under the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles was not reciprocated.
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