{"id":19612,"date":"2018-10-24T01:24:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T01:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=19612"},"modified":"2018-10-24T01:24:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T01:24:02","slug":"putin-meets-bolton-amid-nuclear-treaty-exit-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=19612","title":{"rendered":"Putin meets Bolton amid nuclear treaty exit tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Bolton, the US national security adviser, has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a>in Moscow.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a news conference after the talks on Tuesday, Bolton said Washington wanted to withdraw<\/a> from a key nuclear weapons control treaty with Russia<\/a> since it was confident Moscow had violated it.<\/p>\n

He also said that the danger to Europe was not the prospective US pull out from the 31-year-old Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty<\/a> but “the threat is the Russian missiles already deployed”. <\/span><\/p>\n

Bolton also pointed at China’s massive intermediate-range capability as another key concern.<\/p>\n

“The treaty was outmoded and being violated by other countries,” he said. “Under that view, exactly one country was restrained by the INF – the United States.”<\/p>\n

On his part, Putin said Russia was sometimes surprised by what he said were unprovoked actions taken by the United States<\/a> against Moscow.<\/p>\n

He also poked fun at the official seal of the US, which includes a bald eagle holding a bundle of 13 arrows in one talon and an olive branch with 13 olives in another.<\/p>\n

“I have a question: Has your eagle picked all the olives and only has arrows left?” Putin asked with a laugh.<\/p>\n

But while underlining the differences between Russia and the US, Putin also emphasised the need to maintain a dialogue, saying he would be ready to meet with US President Donald Trump<\/a> in Paris during centenary commemorations next month marking the end of World War I.<\/p>\n

Bolton said he believed Trump would look forward to it, adding that it was important for Moscow and Washington to focus on areas where there was a possibility of mutual cooperation.<\/p>\n

“Hopefully, I will have some answers for you,” he said. “But I didn’t bring any more olives.”<\/p>\n

“That’s what I thought,” Putin quipped.<\/p>\n

Bolton’s earlier talks<\/h2>\n

The meeting on Tuesday followed discussions between Bolton and top Russian officials, including Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, in which the national security adviser laid out Trump ‘s issues with.<\/p>\n

Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, said Moscow did not want the US to end the INF treaty as there were no prospects for a substitute agreement.<\/p>\n

“Ruining the treaty in a situation where even hints at concluding a new one do not exist is something that we do not welcome,” he said in comments carried by state news agency TASS.<\/p>\n

“Quitting the agreement first and then discussing the hypothetical, ephemeral possibility of concluding a new treaty is a pretty risky stance,” Peskov was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

Nuclear weapons deal<\/h2>\n

The INF treaty was signed in December 1987 by the then-US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.<\/p>\n

It resolved a crisis that had begun in the 1980s with the deployment of Soviet SS-20 nuclear-tipped, intermediate-range ballistic missiles targeting Western capitals.<\/p>\n

By signing the agreement, Washington and Moscow swore off of possessing, producing or test-flying any ground-launched cruise missiles with a range between 500 and 5,500km.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n SOURCE:
\n Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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