Lavrov: withdrawal from the INF Treaty is not limited

As reported RIA Novosti, minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation sergey Lavrov has assessed the actions of the U.S. Senate, including a bill on the military budget of the country the item giving the ability to refuse the implementation of the Russian-american treaty on the elimination of intermediate and shorter-range missiles (inf treaty). In his words, the agreement "Can be left without any amendments, without congress. "It is provided by any agreement, including the inf treaty. The stance of the congress remains the position of the congress. (c) georg hochmuthоднако, as he says Russia intends to abide by existing agreements with the commitment the United States a similar position. Commenting on the ended a meeting with U.S. Secretary of state rex tillerson (the seventh from the beginning of the year), Lavrov indicated that it was practical.

Agenda (relations of the Russian Federation and the United States) rich, and the conversation today was a business, without any attempts to politicize our relationship. And based we — i felt that tillerson also — the need to be pragmatic and look for ways that will in different situations in bilateral relations help to find solutions to conflicts. Negotiations took more than an hour.