. NATO is preparing for a possible termination of the INF Treaty, said Commonwealth Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. according to his statement, the Alliance will be regarded As military response, and the latest global supply of monitor arms. on the last working day of the week in Brussels held a meeting of the Council Russia - NATO, which, As said Commonwealth Secretary-General, breakthrough was not reached. He drew attention that NATO sees its task "to find a way to save the agreement, "but also" you have to understand that the Treaty is currently under threat." "As I stated, I'm not going to talk in advance about what conclusions (with respect to measures.- Approx. Ed.) We can come, because this question requires careful evaluation, and in truth important learning How to find the right balance to maintain effective deterrence from NATO and without the need to create an escalation of the situation ", - said Stoltenberg. according to his statement, this work is done " thoughtfully and carefully ". "The challenge is that medium-range missiles before they were in the majority in the USSR and the USA. Today, such weapons systems are developing China, India, Pakistan, Iran, and North Korea. We are obliged however to look at fresh proposals designed to respond to the global challenges related to these weapons ", - He concluded. the agreement on destruction of rockets of average (1000-5500 km) and shorter (from five hundred to 1000 km) range - Treaty between the USSR and the USA, signed in 1987. The parties undertook to eliminate all the complexes and ballistic missiles with wings terrestrial host with the specified range and not produce, not to test and not to deploy them in the future. in October, the head of the United States Donald trump announced that Washington will come out of the INF Treaty, As Moscow is not in compliance with its obligations. While evidence that the Russian Federation had violated the agreement, the American side has not provided. later, Secretary of state Mike Pompeo gave Moscow two months to "go back to the execution" of the contract. For example, US pushing the fact that Russia refused from the rocket 9п°729 (SSC-8), whose range, As stated in the capital of the United States, violates the INF Treaty. in the Russian capital, these accusations are called unfounded, noting that the missile was not designed and was not tested on the range exceeding the set limit. on Wednesday, the defense Ministry held a briefing on 9п°729, again providing all the data that prove that Moscow is complying with international consensus. <span style="color:darkgray