Lifting Moratorium on INF Arms: 'New Reality' One Has to Reckon with, Medvedev Says
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The lifting of a moratorium on the deployment of intermediate-and shorter-range missiles (INF) is a new reality that Russia’s opponents must deal with now, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said.
"The Russian Foreign Ministry's statement on the withdrawal of the moratorium on the deployment of medium- and short-range missiles is the result of NATO countries’ anti-Russian policy. This is a new reality all our opponents will have to reckon with. Expect further steps," he wrote on the X social network, TASS reported.
On August 4, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow no longer considers itself bound by self-restrictions on deploying intermediate-and shorter-range missiles as the conditions for observing the moratorium have vanished.
The ministry noted certain steps taken by the collective West in the sphere of proliferating such missiles and emphasized that they create a direct threat to Russia’s security.
The statement stressed that this requires special measures on the part of Russia.
