“We translated it (the declaration of non-deployment of the INF Treaty. - RT ) then into the form of a proposal that was made to the Americans and NATO members to adopt a bilateral reciprocal mutual moratorium on the deployment of such weapons (INF Treaty. - RT ) anywhere, starting from Europe as well as in Asia. There is no answer, ”Interfax quoted him as saying.
The Foreign Minister also stressed that "the US military publicly declares that they will prepare the deployment of these weapons in the Asian region."
In early October, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the countries of Europe and the United States have not yet responded to Moscow’s statements about the condition of non-deployment of medium and shorter-range missiles in the regions of the world.
In late September, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that Ankara is considering Putin’s proposal to introduce an appropriate moratorium.
In addition, the Polish Foreign Ministry said that Warsaw intends to carefully analyze such a proposal.