“PACE should realize its responsibility to the citizens of the countries that are members of the Council of Europe, and together with the European Union do everything to maintain security on the European continent,” said Volodin.

He noted that it would be right to convene an extraordinary meeting of PACE and the European Parliament to consider the deployment of American missiles in Europe.

“There is still the opportunity to avoid mistakes. In any case, parliamentarians should do everything for this, ”the speaker added.

Earlier, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that the United States has no right to accuse other countries of non-compliance with international agreements on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons after Washington withdrew from the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty).