Russian president Vladimir Putin suggested Tuesday he was open to the idea of other countries joining a key Cold War treaty limiting mid-range nuclear arms or to starting talks on a new agreement.<\/p>\n
The president spoke after Washington this month said it would withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty (INF) within 60 days if Russia did not dismantle missiles that the US claims breach the deal.<\/p>\n
At a defence ministry meeting, Putin repeated accusations that Washington had itself violated the bilateral treaty and suggested other countries join the US-Russia agreement in a bid to salvage it.<\/p>\n
Signed in 1987 by then US president Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, the treaty puts no restrictions on other major military actors like China.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, indeed there are certain difficulties with this treaty,\u201d Putin said. \u201cOther countries possessing short- and intermediate-range missiles are not party to it.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut what prevents from starting talks on their accession to the existing treaty or starting negotiating the parameters of a new treaty?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He reiterated the threat that Russia would have to retaliate if the United States ditched the treaty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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