If the United States and Russia reached safety guarantees, no confidence that the American side will observe them. The deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov was told at a press conference following the results of negotiations with the United States for security guarantees in Geneva. His performance is broadcast by Youtube RT channel.
According to him, Russia already has experience in interaction with the United States for long-term agreements. Ryabkov recognized that the scheme proposed by the Russian side is not ideal. However, as stated Ryabkov, it is better to take such a deterrent and security guarantees than not to take any.
“In a number of countries, ratification requires long procedures, with it conjugate. But this is the number two in the list of problems. And the number one in the list of problems is that so far there is no political will move in this direction on the main issue. “,” added the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
During the press conference, Ryabkov also allowed a military response to Russia for the deployment of NATO strategic arms of medium and low-distance in Europe. According to him, after the US output from DRSMD, only one-sided observance by Russia, the moratorium on the development of such weapons did not lead to the escalation of the situation in the field of strategic stability.