Putin To Trump: If You Pull Out Of The INF Treaty, So Will We

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Putin To Trump: If You Pull Out Of The INF Treaty, So Will We
RFE/RL

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the U.S. plan to withdraw from a major arms-control pact is "ill-considered" and warned that Moscow will follow suit if Washington pulls out of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).

Putin spoke on December 5, a day after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington would abandon the INF treaty unless Moscow returns to compliance with the accord within 60 days.

His remarks also came after the Russian Foreign Ministry said it received official notification that the United States intends to withdraw from the INF unless Russia remedies what Washington says is a violation of the treaty.

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