Czech President: Arms Race to Start if Deals Like INF Abandoned

Czech President Milos Zeman believes that there is a solution for the Russian-US standoff around the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.
“If there are technical characteristics of these missiles that violate this agreement either from the Russian or from the US side, it’s very simple to show these characteristics and agree. Of course, I want all agreements to exist, because without these agreements there will be an arms race,” Milos Zeman told the Vesti Nedeli show on Russia’s NTV broadcaster.

 
The statement comes after US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that the United States would suspend its adherence to the INF Treaty in 60 days unless Russia returned to full compliance with the agreement.