“We reviewed the situation, looked at specific aspects of concern on both sides, discussed the immediate perspective of what could happen with and around the contract. On the whole, we are compelled to state that there is no progress, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
At the same time, the diplomat added that the US requirements for Russia under the contract do not contain specifics, do not allow to count on the convergence of the approaches of the two countries on the problem.
It became known earlier that interdepartmental Russian-American consultations on the INF Treaty were held in Geneva.
Following the meeting, Andrea Thompson, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, said that Washington was disappointed with the negotiations with Russia.
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.