Russia Is Offering an Olive Branch, Not Flaunting Nuclear Weapons
... would have allowed the parties to preserve the Treaty. The UN General Assembly supported the Treaty, adopting the appropriate resolution by an overwhelming majority vote in late 1999. Many countries, including allies of the United States, viewed the ABM Treaty as the cornerstone of international security. Unfortunately, all our attempts to salvage it were in vain, despite the fact that Russia was among the first countries to offer support to the United States after the attacks of September 11, 2001,...
06.03.2018