The United States wants to announce the information of the German press Agency this Friday its exit from the INF Treaty for the renunciation of land-based nuclear medium-range weapons. The United States informed accordingly, on Thursday, the allies in Nato about their projects. In the military Alliance was planned to support the US decision after the announcement as soon as possible with an explanation.
The Federal government is not giving up the hope that it could give to an American denunciation of the INF Treaty, but a turn-in Moscow. When the United States announced the agreement, set a six-month period, until it will be effective, said government spokesman Steffen Seibert on Friday in Berlin. It would be up to Russia to take advantage of the Chance to get the contract. It had been in the past two months, however, no signs.
Federal Ministry of foreign Affairs warns: Not in old patterns of thinking are forfeited
The Federal government will advise in the case of a termination of the INF Treaty, together with its Nato partners, whether and, if so, which measures were necessary “to ensure the deterrence, the defense capability of the Alliance,” said Seibert. Nato Secretary General Stoltenberg and I have said several times that there are no plans for the deployment of nuclear medium-range missiles in Europe.
A spokesman for the foreign Ministry said, the Ball was in the field in Moscow. A contract, on the one side to think, was no longer functional. You not be but in the times of the Cold war and should not lapse into old patterns of thinking.
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the reason for the planned termination of the INF Treaty by the United States are new Russian cruise missile with the designation 9M729 (Nato-Code: SSC-8). They represent the opinion of America, in clear breach of the agreement.
Washington had informed Moscow last an Ultimatum of 60 days, to the destruction of the new cruise missile pledge. This runs only on Saturday. Russia had, however, already made in the past few weeks, it clear on several occasions that it believes that the U.S. allegations for the baseless and do not even think to destroy his cruise missile.
In a Video distributed by the American Nato Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison Russia accused that it would refuse “consistently”, the violations of the agreement and more disinformation about his cruise missile spread. “All Nato partners agree that Russia’s action is a material breach of the agreement and that the United States respect the Treaty,” she said. Russia is developing a missile, the “violates the heart of the agreement”. Moscow now have a choice: “Either not in the right be-compliant missile system, or it remains in the INF agreement, but it can’t have it both ways.”
According to Russian information, the 9M729 have a maximum range of 480 kilometers. The USA, however, expect a minimum of 2600 kilometers. Thus, the cruise missiles could meet almost all the main cities in Europe.
A new Russian cruise missiles of the type 9M729Foto: dpa/AP/Pavel Golovkin
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The INF Treaty on nuclear medium-range systems (Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces), which was concluded in 1987 between the United States and the former Soviet Union. He is obliged both sides to the waiver of land-based ballistic missiles and cruise missiles with ranges between 500 and 5500 kilometers. At the same time, he also says the production and testing of such systems.
An official confirmation of the planned US announcement, it was not the night to Friday. Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo invited representatives of the media, however, for 14.30 German time to make a statement to the State Department in Washington.
For Europe for the INF Treaty, highly controversial, because it is likely to be in a row, in all likelihood, a discussion on a possible nuclear armament in Europe. In the opinion of the military strategic equilibrium and deterrence, could only in the long term.
Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg avoided the last question, whether the termination of the contract by the United States might have a deployment of additional U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe. It was still much early to predict how the military Alliance on a possible end to the agreement will respond, said the Norwegian at the end of last week.
He also pointed out that even in the case of a U.S. notice of termination until August time to save the contract. In the agreement a notice period of six months is provided.
That Russia is thrown in the dispute, is considered to be extremely unlikely. In addition, the United States is set to have critics, to have no great interest in the INF Treaty in its current Form. This is mainly due to the fact that the binds from the time of the Cold war the end of the Deal, only Americans and Russians, but not to emerging military powers such as China. The latter will now have nearly 2,000 ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, which would fall under the agreement.
Maas does not want any new missiles-deployment
How quickly the Americans could develop a new medium-range system, and siting will not be said publicly. The plans for the announcement this Friday, however, quite realize that you don’t want to take too much time. After dpa information the United States want to announce, to feel no longer bound to the contract. The six months notice period would thus be only a sort of a last Ultimatum to Russia.
The Deputy CDU/CSU parliamentary group Chairman Johann David Wadephul, warned, meanwhile, foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) in front of it, a deployment of new nuclear medium-range to exclude the missiles of Nato in Europe. If Russia was to renounce his new missile system is ready, should be reserved for the Nato also has this Option, said the CDU politician of the German press Agency. “It may, therefore, be no German exceptionalism.”
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Maas has spoken out in the case of an exit of the USA from the INF agreement against a stationing of land-based nuclear missiles, medium in Germany and Europe route. The view from Wadephul the “fundamentally wrong”. “This undermines the unity of the Alliance and weakens the negotiating position towards Russia.” (dpa)
