Pentagon Failed To React To Shoigu's Proposal To Discuss INF Treaty - Russian Military

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 15th December, 2018) One of the notes, recently sent by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to his US counterpart, James Mattis, included a proposal to discuss bilateral disagreements on the terms of compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, however, Moscow has never received any response to this suggestion from Washington, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"The head of the Russian military proposed to James Mattis to discuss the existing bilateral disagreements on the terms of compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

It has been emphasized that Russia is ready for an open and detailed dialogue with the Pentagon on all the pressing bilateral issues. However, three days [after the notes were received], the Russian Defense Ministry has not received even a formal response to this proposal from the US military," the Russian ministry said in a statement.

The lack of the US response showed Washington's unwillingness to maintain a reasoned and professional dialogue with Moscow on solving pressing regional and global security issues, the Russian military argued.