The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) does not plan to deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe, the Western military alliance said on Tuesday, rejecting Russian accusations and a call by Moscow for a moratorium on such weapons. weapon in Europe.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels that Russia itself had violated during the then-defunct INF treaty by deploying new intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe, adding that NATO did not intend to mirror the behavior of Moscow.
“Russia’s proposal for a moratorium is not credible because we had a ban and they violated that ban,” Stoltenberg said.
“Therefore, unless Russia verifiably destroys all of its SSC-8 missiles, which are the ones that violated the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, it’s not believable when they now propose to ban something they have actually started to deploy.”
Stoltenberg was referring to the 1987 INF treaty between then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan that banned intermediate-range nuclear weapons – those with a range of 500 to 5,500 kilometers – in Europe.
Reference: CNN Brasil
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