Moscow Unwilling to Cut Tactical Nuclear Weapons Until U.S. Commits to European Withdrawal

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov yesterday said Russia would not negotiate agreements on reducing tactical nuclear weapons with countries that deploy them abroad — a comment aimed at Washington, given U.S. deployment of such arms in Europe, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, March 31).

“We are prepared to start talks about tactical nuclear weapons only when all countries possessing them keep these weapons on their own territory,” Ivanov said. “Russia stores its tactical nuclear weapons on its own territory, which cannot be said about other countries” (Associated Press/Yahoo!News, June 3).

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