Bolivia's Morales Calls US 'Enemy Of World Peace' After Proposed INF Pullout

MEXICO CITY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th October, 2018) Bolivia's leader Evo Morales has called the United States an enemy of world peace after US President Donald Trump said he wanted to quit a historic nuclear treaty with Russia.

Trump said over the weekend he wanted to pull his country from the Cold War-era pact banning ground-launched medium-range nuclear missiles over Russia's violations, which it denied.

"Trump threatens to send his troops to the Mexican border against thousands of Central American migrants, after announcing the US withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with Russia. Thus, the US is the enemy of world peace and human rights," Morales tweeted.

Trump was heavily criticized for his decision - subject to Congressional approval - by ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who co-signed the landmark treaty with then US President Ronald Reagan. The Kremlin called the US move "dangerous."