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US reneges on Russia arms agreements Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:48:23 GMT
A UN Security Council Summit on nuclear non-proliferation
Russia's Foreign Ministry complains that the US has been violating its obligations on a number of non-proliferation weapons and arms control agreements.
The Russian ministry said in a published statement on Saturday that Washington had violated past agreements on bilateral arms reduction, an international convention on a chemical weapons ban, a biological weapons ban, and The Hague code against ballistic missile proliferation.
In an unusual 11-page statement, the ministry documented what it called the "facts of violations by the US on its obligations in the sphere of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and arms control.
It was not immediately clear what had prompted the Russian ministry to issue such a statement.
Russia and the US signed a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) on April 8, 2010 to drastically cut back their nuclear weapons arsenal.
The agreement must be ratified by the US Senate and the Russian Parliament before it can be put in to effect. However, neither has ratified the treaty yet due to an ongoing squabble between the two sides over US plans to install missile defense facilities in eastern Europe.
Russia has been critical of the US missile defense plan, arguing that the system would be a threat to its sovereignty and that it was meant to pacify its ballistic capability.
MH/TG/HRF
A UN Security Council Summit on nuclear non-proliferation
Russia's Foreign Ministry complains that the US has been violating its obligations on a number of non-proliferation weapons and arms control agreements.
The Russian ministry said in a published statement on Saturday that Washington had violated past agreements on bilateral arms reduction, an international convention on a chemical weapons ban, a biological weapons ban, and The Hague code against ballistic missile proliferation.
In an unusual 11-page statement, the ministry documented what it called the "facts of violations by the US on its obligations in the sphere of non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and arms control.
It was not immediately clear what had prompted the Russian ministry to issue such a statement.
Russia and the US signed a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) on April 8, 2010 to drastically cut back their nuclear weapons arsenal.
The agreement must be ratified by the US Senate and the Russian Parliament before it can be put in to effect. However, neither has ratified the treaty yet due to an ongoing squabble between the two sides over US plans to install missile defense facilities in eastern Europe.
Russia has been critical of the US missile defense plan, arguing that the system would be a threat to its sovereignty and that it was meant to pacify its ballistic capability.
MH/TG/HRF
