backed controversial fuel tax increase that has divided the country but the move is doing little to appease the. to fight. it s good to have you with us tonight to the united states has given russia a deadline comply with a nuclear with a treaty on limiting nuclear weapons within two months or the u.s. will call it quits the u.s. and its nato allies accused russia of violating the landmark one thousand nine hundred seven intermediate range nuclear forces treaty which is known as the i.n.f. treaty u.s. secretary of state might bump a zero was at nato headquarters today where he spoke about the wider implications of russia s alleged by elation. while russia is responsible for the demise of the treaty many other states including china north korea and iran are not parties to
the demise of the treaty many other states including china north korea and iran are not parties to the i.n.f. treaty this leaves them free to build all the information we re all the intermediate range missiles that they would like. there is no reason the united states should continue to see this crucial military advantage over theirs and its powers like china in particular when these weapons are being used to threaten coerce the united states and its allies in asia. and pompei oh and other nato foreign ministers are in brussels discussing how to save the i.n.f. treaty nato says that a new russian cruise missile violates that treaty which has guaranteed europe security for more than thirty years the kremlin denies that it has breached the treaty now the i n f bans nuclear armed missiles with a range of five thousand five hundred kilometers. as our next report shows the tension between russia and the west as reignited fears of
president ronald reagan in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven it came after a tense period of confrontation in the heart of europe. with very short flight times nuclear annihilation of european capitals was only five to fifteen minutes away. trump has said the u.s. will start developing these capabilities again if russia and china don t agree to stop have to develop those weapons unless russia comes to us and china comes to us and they all come to us and they say let s really get smart and let s none of us develop those weapons china is not a signatory of the pact and has been investing heavily in land based missiles and now some observers fear it could be joined by russia and the u.s. in a new arms race. well i m joined now at the big table by christiane milling he is an expert on nato security policies at the german council on foreign relations right here in berlin because it is good to have you on the program so we ve got nato standing together with the u.s.
russians and the americans then it would be perfectly fine it doesn t so we have. not said let s say a hundred percent proof there s not a smoking gun but there is lot of information gathering that shows all that in the case that the russians of breaching the treaty and how important is it that china has not signed this treaty if you don t have everyone you know limiting themselves you know than aren t you at a disadvantage you may be meant for the americans that some important issue because they look globally on the security issue for the europeans and for the european theatre is of course makes a difference if you have more in security in europe that s what basically happens if you breach the treaty. but at the end of the day of course what would happen or what could happen in asia of course. affects the europeans as well so there s a kind of triangle you fact there s as well so they all there will be an interest to kind of if the i.n.f. treaty is going to find something new that cou
treaty was seen as a major breakthrough in nuclear security when it was ratified by former soviet president mikhail gorbachev and u.s. president ronald reagan in one nine hundred eighty seven it came after a tense period of confrontation in the heart of europe. with very short flight times nuclear annihilation of european capitals was only five to fifteen minutes away trump has said the u.s. will start developing these capabilities again if russia and china don t agree to stop have to develop those weapons unless russia comes to us and china comes to us and they all come to is that they say let s really get smart and let s none of us develop those weapons china is not a signatory of the pact and has been investing heavily in land based missiles now some observers fear it could be joined by russia and the u.s. in a new arms race. let s go right to moscow where our correspondent