It is noted that during the negotiations held in Geneva by the parties on the problems of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF), they talked about the new 9M729 missile.
“The American requirements for the complete and verifiable destruction of this system are so far-reaching that they essentially imply a very deep penetration of American specialists into the fabric of that activity ... For us, this is completely unacceptable,” Riabova quotes RIA Novosti.
Earlier, Ryabkov said that there was no progress in the negotiations between Moscow and Washington on the INF.
In turn, the United States considers the meeting in Geneva "disappointing."
Andrei Koshkin, Doctor of Political Sciences, head of the department of political science and sociology of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, assessed the situation around the agreement in an interview with the FAN.