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German Foreign Minister Gayko Maas, in an interview published on Dec. 26 by the DPA, opposed the deployment of medium-range missiles to nuclear warheads in Europe. According to the German minister, Europe should not become the theater of the debate on the strengthening of armaments in case the 1987 American-American agreement on the elimination of missiles at medium and short range would stop working.
"The establishment of medium-range missiles will cause Germany great dissatisfaction.The logic of the construction of weapons comes from the Cold War.The policy of the 80s will not answer the questions of Today, "said the head of the German foreign policy department.
Read: United States: Russia must abandon missile systems "Novator" or reduce their scope [19659002] The United States declare that they will withdraw from the treaty on the elimination of small and medium-range Missiles from the Cold War if Russia does not return to the terms of the agreement before 60 days. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the decision on December 4, after NATO members in Brussels supported US accusations against Moscow, in violation of the 1987 treaty. [19659002Russiaforitspartdoesnotclaimtohaveevidenceofviolations
NATO members consider that Russia has developed and deployed a 9M729 missile system that violates a missile treaty
The Mid-Range Missile-Elimination Treaty, signed in 1987 , has eliminated a whole class of ground-based missiles, both conventional and nuclear, with a range of 500 to 5.5 thousand kilometers.
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