Russia will respond to any NATO steps over missiles, says minister

Russia will respond to any NATO steps over missiles, says minister

MOSCOW-Reuters

Moscow will respond in kind to any steps NATO takes over Russia's decision to suspend a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on June 26, according to RIA news agency.

NATO defence ministers will discuss later on June 26 their next steps if Moscow keeps a missile system that the United States says would allow short-notice nuclear attacks on Europe and break the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty.