Russia may quit new arms treaty

2010-04-06 19:09 BJT

 

While US President Barack Obama is ready to sign a landmark arms control treaty with Russia later this week, Russia warns it reserves the right to withdraw from the agreement in the future.

Sergey Lavrov, Russian FM, said, "The Russian Federation will have the right to withdraw from the new treaty if the quantitative and qualitative growth of the potential of the US strategic anti-missile defense starts exerting substantial influence on the efficiency of the Russian strategic nuclear forces. It goes without saying that we ourselves will determine the degree of this influence."

Editor: Liu Fang | Source: CCTV.com