9M729 Missile Demonstration To US Would Not Be Justified Politically, Technically -Ryabkov

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th December, 2018) Russia does not believe demonstration of the 9M729 missile to alleviate the US concerns would be justified from the political and technical viewpoints, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper.

"As for the missile's demonstration, the INF Treaty does not demand this from us..

Thus, the demonstration of the missile to the Americans would be a manifestation on our part of increased transparency - beyond the treaty framework. At this stage, we did not have the feeling that such a step would be justified from both the political and technical points of view," Ryabkov said.

He said the demonstration of the missile would be an undesirable precedent amid US insistent attempts to get information about Russian missile developments.