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Russia to 'restore' military balance if US quits nuclear arms pact

Russia also signalled it may be willing to give some ground

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Donald Trump holds a news conference on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, US | Photo: Reuters

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Russia said on Monday it would be forced to respond in kind to restore the military balance with the US if President Donald Trump carried through on a threat to quit a landmark nuclear arms treaty and began developing new missiles.
 
But Russia also signalled it may be willing to give some ground, with a senior Kremlin official telling Trump’s national security advisor that Russia was ready to address US concerns about how the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty was being implemented.
 
Trump drew a warning of “military-technical” retaliation from Moscow after saying on Saturday that Washington would withdraw

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