ロシアロシア外務省がいむしょう 中距離ちゅうきょりミサイルなどの配備はいび制限せいげんやめる考かんがえ示しめす

The Russian Foreign Ministry has indicated its intention to end the self-imposed restrictions on the deployment of intermediate-range missiles and other weapons that had been regulated under the nuclear disarmament treaty, even after the treaty expired, and once again emphasized its stance of confronting the West.

The INF Treaty, which was one of the pillars of nuclear disarmament between the United States and Russia and called for the elimination of intermediate-range nuclear missiles, expired in 2019 due to tensions between the two countries. However, since then, Russia has continued to insist that it will not produce or deploy such missiles as long as the United States does not deploy them.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the 4th, claiming, It is becoming a reality that American-made intermediate-range and short-range missiles are being deployed in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

On top of that, the conditions for maintaining a unilateral voluntary restriction on the deployment of similar weapons have disappeared.

Russia no longer considers itself bound by voluntary restrictions, indicating its intention to stop limiting the deployment of intermediate-range missiles and other weapons.

Russian President Putin expressed last year the view that it is necessary to resume the production and deployment of intermediate-range and short-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons. On the 1st of this month, he announced the start of mass production and deployment of the new intermediate-range ballistic missile Oreshnik.

President Trump of the United States has warned that if Russia does not agree to a ceasefire by the 8th of this month, he will impose strict tariffs and other measures. In response, Russia has once again emphasized its stance of confronting the West.