“The United States has almost formulated its position on the INF. As always, on the part of Washington this is being done in an effort to break the treaty. They do not want the responsibility for this decision to fall on them, they are trying to blame other parties for violating previously accepted agreements. This is exactly the situation we are dealing with now, when a dispute over a Russian rocket has arisen, ”the deputy said.
Novikov noted that the Ministry of Defense is ready to participate in any discussions and demonstrate that “the emergence of such a development is not a violation.”
“But Washington is not willing and not going to listen to this, because hearing the arguments means agreeing with them, and agreeing to deprive oneself of statements that allow accusing the Russian side of violations. Therefore, they prefer to step back from this situation and continue what they have been doing for so long - the information war, ”he concluded.
Earlier, the US embassy in Moscow commented on a briefing by the Russian Defense Ministry on the 9M729 rocket.
According to the press attache of the diplomatic mission, this is an attempt to create a “semblance of transparency”.