Oslo – The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has urged Russia to abide by the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, signed in 1987 by the two countries.
The Secretary-General of the organization, Jens Stoltenberg, made the call at a news conference on Tuesday in Oslo, Norway.
Stoltenberg said that Russia’s deployment of new nuclear-capable missiles in Europe was jeopardizing a key part of the arms control treaty that helped end the Cold War.
U S President Donald Trump had said on Oct. 20 that Washington planned to quit the INF treaty over what he sees as Russian violations of the agreement.
“The problem is the deployment of new Russian missiles.
‘There are no new U.S. missiles in Europe, but there are more Russian missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, and those missiles put the INF treaty in jeopardy.
“Therefore we call on Russia to ensure that they are in full and transparent compliance with the INF treaty,” Stoltenberg further said.