German authorities will refuse to deploy medium-range missiles on their territory in the event of an anti-missile treaty breached by the United States and Russia. Because the people of the country will strongly oppose this.. This statement was made by German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger.. “Will we again place new medium-range missiles in Germany? No,” he said in an interview with RIA Novosti..

According to him, so far the two countries still have the opportunity to resolve all disputed issues in connection with the agreement.. Ischinger says that breaking the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles - “this will be pretty bad for Germany and other people in Western Europe. "It would be right if the US offered the Russian side that Russian experts inspect this facility (the American anti-missile defense system) in Romania, and if Russia, in turn, could offer the American side to inspect these new weapons systems that raise questions." - said the representative of the German diplomatic corps. The German Foreign Ministry at the official level also shares this position.. "The INF Treaty and the withdrawal of medium-range missiles from Germany were one of the greatest achievements of the disarmament policy," said the head of department, Heiko Mas.. "We will put the issue on the NATO agenda. We are ready to influence Russia in order to promote compliance with the INF. We are not ready to start a new arms race.. To this day, we have no convincing answer to this question.. In this sense, US frustration is not unreasonable.. However, this should not lead to splashing the baby along with the water.. That would be a big mistake, "the diplomat also said. Last week, US President Donald Trump announced that his country does not intend to comply with the anti-missile treaty, since Moscow is violating it. The head of the White House also said that America will increase its nuclear potential until the rest "come to their senses," and then Washington will be ready to stop this process and even begin to reduce armaments?. He explained that this message is addressed primarily to China and Russia. In response, the Kremlin declared that breaking the provisions of the anti-missile treaty would force Russia to take measures to ensure its security.. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of our country, Sergey Lavrov, said that any action in this area will meet with opposition.

In recent years, Moscow and Washington have regularly accused each other of violating the INF Treaty.. Russia has repeatedly stated that it is strictly complying with its obligations under the treaty, while the States constantly evade compliance with the necessary requirements.. In particular, the Americans stationed near the Russian borders - in Romania and in Poland - installations capable of launching Tomahawk type cruise missiles, which is prohibited by the agreement.