US to withdraw from nuclear deal with Russia
(VOVWORLD) - The US will withdraw from a landmark nuclear weapons treaty with Russia, President Donald Trump has confirmed, saying that Russia had "violated" the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty.
 US President Donald Trump says the US will withdraw from the nuclear deal with Russia (Photo: Reuters) |
Trump made the comments as his National Security Adviser John Bolton was in Moscow to meet with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, ahead of what is expected to be a second summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, later this year.
A Russian foreign ministry source said the US move was motivated by a "dream of a unipolar world" where it is the only global superpower, which is not likely to happen.