“The withdrawal of the United States from the INF Treaty is a very serious, irresponsible step ... in the wake of the further destruction by decades of the created ... system and architecture of global and regional security," he said.
As noted by Fomin, the further advance of NATO to the east and the development of the alliance theater countries, as well as approaching directly to the borders of Russia and the deployment of additional military contingents will force Russia to respond.
“Russia will simply have to react to this and respond in an appropriate and appropriate way,” he added.
Earlier, US Vice President Mike Pence said that Washington is still open to dialogue with Russia on the implementation of the INF.
The full version of the interview by the Deputy Minister of Defense on the eve of the VIII Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS-2019), which will be held April 23-25, can be found in the RT material.