US to exit cold-war era nuclear treaty, Russia terms move dangerous

Russia has not, unfortunately, honoured the agreement so we're going to terminate the agreement and we're going to pull out, says Trump

President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States will exit the Cold-War era treaty that eliminated a class of nuclear weapons due to Russian violations, a move an official in Moscow called a dangerous attempt at blackmail.

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, negotiated by then-President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1988, required the elimination of short-range and intermediate-range nuclear and conventional missiles by both countries.

"Russia has not, unfortunately, honoured the agreement so we're going to terminate the agreement and we're going to pull out," Trump told reporters after a rally in Nevada.

Washington believes Moscow