arguments that the russians need to come clean the problem is the russians of course argue that the americans have to come clean to on this on this mock forty one launch system in romania and elsewhere on aegis ships that can be done and i think that s really what nato at this point is arguing let s talk engage in diplomacy on site inspections really get the experts on both sides into see if we can overcome these perhaps misperceptions of this point in time and continue with the treaty but if we don t and this may be the intention of trump himself i really don t think nato will in the end long run support this i remember the the protests in the one nine hundred eighty s. against pershing twos and ground launched cruise missiles look comes we call them back then in the s.s. twenty from the from the soviets and those will happen again i m sure nobody nobody in europe here wants more nuclear weapons in europe i was six months of talks could be on the horizon paul walker director of green
very plaintive today about what happens but on the other hand you know that if you listen more closely to the ministers from the baltic states or for instance poland you know that they feel insecure they feel imminently stretton by russia all the time and they would not be against new missiles american missiles on their soil so there with the differences begin between some eastern states and western europe and also that seems to be like a fall back into former years. briefly if you can i mean we ve heard that many in europe they want to salvage this treaty but what exactly can can european leaders do to make that happen. i mean there are some initiatives germany france is trying to hold or is planning a this armament conference in bolin in march it s not quite sure who is going to come to that table and there is talk about sort of including everything modern weapons. robotic killers cyber drones some just the whole arsenal that has been
a very specific class of weapons right so why is this treaty still valuable now in twenty nineteen versus one thousand nine hundred seventy but we ideally want to keep nuclear weapons away from any sort of you know point of of danger in central europe of course with nato and was a pact forces years ago facing off against each other was a very very. difficult and sensitive area if you want to keep nuclear weapons out of europe as much as we can as well as other as i say touch points such as the south china sea today with the chinese to introduce new nuclear weapons or missiles which violate the i.n.f. treaty that is missiles with a range of between five hundred and fifty five hundred kilometers would be a big step backward we ve we ve managed this treaty quite well for thirty years. the russians may have very well violated it we re not certain yet and that s what really requires right now more diplomacy and on site inspections and verification
international s environmental security and sustainability program he s a right livelihood award laureate as well we heard there that question posed at the end of the report house russia and the us learned from the mistakes of the past. you know thanks for asking that question i don t think they really have at this point i mean there s really been no excuse for putin and the russians to produce this new ground launch cruise missile which the u.s. and others allege is in violation of the union after it and there s also no reason for the united states to begin a research and development on new ground launch cruise missiles or new ballistic intermediate range ballistic missiles either so it s a big concern i think trumps announcement today is very disturbing and really could lead to a new nuclear arms race and much lower security in a new cold war in central europe now today looking at this treaty it sounds a little bit as a terribly not only bans
is this letter playing out so far. i mean the b.b.c. they have reacted with as they went off their own they say the your vision song contest is not a political events and does not endorse any political message or campaign we do not believe it would be appropriate to use to b.b.c. s participation for political reasons we found some reactions online as well as social media scottish duncan hunter so we ll highlights that israel is not the first country with dubious human rights records when it comes to hosting your vision he asks can anyone remember whether mike lee vivienne westwood at. the b.b.c. to boycott your vision when it was held in famously human rights friendly russia and we also have reaction from one in the shrubbery who is a palestinian legislator and scala she writes the israeli occupation is nothing to sing about it we salute the courage and integrity of all of his original to be