Reuters: U.S. gives Russia 60 days to comply with nuclear treaty
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States delivered Russia a 60-day ultimatum on Tuesday to come clean about what Washington says is a violation of a arms control treaty that keeps missiles out of Europe, saying only Moscow could save the pact.
NATO allies led by Germany pressed U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a meeting in Brussels to give diplomacy a final push before Washington pulls out of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, fearing a new arms race in Europe.
“Russia has a last chance to show in a verifiable way that they comply with the treaty ... but we also have to start to prepare for the fact that this treaty may break down,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters.
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WNU Editor: NATO is on the same page with Washington on this one .... Nato accuses Russia of breaking nuclear missile treaty (BBC). Russia is denying these accusations .... The Latest: Russia says it ‘strictly complies’ with treaty (AP).
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There is a split between NATO and the EU side of the European house. Germany's FM is opposed to the US withdrawing from the INF and those generally opposed to Trump inside the EU are using this withdrawal to support the formation of a EU Army. As far as the EU members of NATO, do the political masters even care what the NATO ministers are saying? When you look at NATO it is a non-EU club with the 5 non-EU NATO members supplying 80% of defense spending compared to the EU members of NATO.
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