Russian Foreign Minister 'hints' about new weapons that are causing US concern
(Baonghean.vn) - According to Russia's TASS news agency on February 10, Moscow is now ready to discuss its new weapons with Washington, in the context of possible new agreements and considering all factors affecting strategic stability. This is the statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper.
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| Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Photo: AP |
According to the senior diplomat, Washington is now interested in Russia's new weapons. "We have already mentioned that our military is ready to discuss some of these new weapons - at least the Avangard hypersonic missile system and the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile - in the context of the New START Treaty. Other new Russian weapons do not fit under the criteria of this treaty, but we are also ready to discuss them," the Russian foreign minister said.
Lavrov noted that these weapons were developed thanks to the demise of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. “Now, several decades after the treaty’s termination, any questions regarding new weapons systems need to be discussed only in the context of all factors affecting strategic stability,” he stressed.
He expressed concerns about what the US calls the Prompt Global Strike doctrine, which includes the use of non-nuclear strategic weapons, and has attracted attention in recent times.
“It is aimed at reaching any point on Earth in a maximum of an hour. Of course, that is a new destabilizing factor. Other factors are Washington’s now official refusal to join the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and its plans to put weapons in space,” Lavrov explained.
“Of course, we are ready to discuss our new weapons with the new weapons of other countries, and to do so taking into account all factors affecting global stability. If we receive proposals to limit our weapons while those who make proposals continue to develop their weapons without limits, of course this discussion will go nowhere.”
