The US withdrawal from the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF) will be the start of the world arms race. About this warns the former President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev. It was he who, more than 30 years ago, signed a historic agreement with US President Ronald Reagan, which marked the beginning of the nuclear disarmament of the two powers. But now this achievement is jeopardized.. "A new arms race has been announced," Gorbachev commented on the statement of the current head of the White House, Donald Trump, about his intention to unilaterally break the INF Treaty and resume nuclear build-up.. Worst of all, this step is not the first on the path chosen by the United States to militarize the international situation.. First, Washington withdrew from the ABM Treaty, then - from the agreement on the Iranian nuclear program. The US military budget has grown to an astronomical level.. At the same time, the US authorities refuse to sit down at the negotiating table.. "The United States actually initiated the destruction of the entire system of international treaties and agreements that served as the basis for peace and security after World War II," writes Gorbachev in an article for the New York Times.. “We see why: they are trying to free the United States from any obligations, any restrictions, and not only on nuclear missiles,” the former Soviet leader states. Meanwhile, in his opinion, such “freedom” will not bring joy to the United States:

in the war of all against all winners there is no, and if it ends with an exchange of nuclear strikes, then the end for all will be completely sad.

But the time for dialogue has not yet been lost, Gorbachev said. The indefinite contract on the liquidation of the IMDS was signed between the USSR and the USA in December 1987. In October 2018. Trump said America will not abide by it, as Russia allegedly violates its provisions. In addition, the US president stressed that he would stop the expansion of military arsenals only when China assumes a corresponding commitment..