Russian President Putin called a meeting of the Russian Security Council today to issue an important statement with regard to the dangerous disparity arising between Russia and the U.S. in the realm of strategic weapons.
In the statement, Putin noted the steady deterioration in the strategic parity between the two nations caused by the ending of major arms agreements and by the attempt by the West in trying to gain “absolute, overwhelming superiority.” “As a result of the destructive actions previously taken by Western countries, the foundations of constructive relations and practical cooperation between nuclear powers have been significantly undermined. The basis for dialogue within relevant bilateral and multilateral frameworks has been eroded. Gradually, the system of Soviet-American and Russian-American agreements on nuclear missile and strategic defence arms control—long relied upon to stabilise relations between the two largest nuclear powers and to enhance global security—has been nearly dismantled….
“We attribute the numerous challenges that have accumulated in the strategic sphere since the beginning of the 21st century to the destructive actions of the West, their destabilising doctrines and military-technical programmes designed to undermine global parity and pursue absolute, overwhelming superiority,” Putin said.
