Mikhail Gorbachev Cautions Against US’ N-Treaty Plan

Mikhail Gorbachev Cautions Against US’ N-Treaty Plan

Moscow: Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has questioned the intelligence behind US President Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw from a key Cold War nuclear weapons treaty. Gorbachev, who signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with President Ronald Reagan in 1987, said on Sunday that Trump’s move is a reversal of efforts to achieve nuclear disarmament, the BBC reported.

Trump said Russia had been “violating (the INF) for many years”. He said the US would not let Russia “go out and do weapons (while) we’re not allowed to”. The US insists the Russians have, in breach of the deal, developed a new medium-range missile called the Novator 9M729 — known to Nato as the SSC-8, the BBC said. It would enable Russia to launch a nuclear strike on NATO countries at very short notice. Russia has denied the accusation and condemned the plans. It even threatened to retaliate. The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin would be seeking an explanation from visiting US National Security Adviser John Bolton, the BBC reported. (IANS)

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