“With regard to the 9m729 rocket ... The rocket, which we are charged with as our violation of the INF Treaty, since we allegedly tested it at a distance prohibited by the treaty. At the earlier stages of discussing this topic, we gave our American colleagues complete information about when and at what range tests of this rocket were conducted, ”Ryabkov assured.
He added that during the “West-2017” exercise, the next launch of this rocket was carried out at a distance substantially lower than 500 km.
Ryabkov also noted that the topic of preserving the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF) will be one of the main topics at the meeting between Putin and Trump.
October 20, Trump announced his intention to withdraw from the INF Treaty.