9M729 missile to be showed to BRICS, NATO representatives - Russian Foreign Ministry

KUBINKA, January 23. /TASS/. Russia will demonstrate the 9M729 cruise missile to representatives of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), BRICS, the European Union and NATO, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Wednesday at a briefing. "Representatives of CSTO states, BRICS, the European Union and NATO have been invited for the event today, along with representatives of certain other European and Asian countries," the diplomat said. "We set ourselves a task to provide foreign experts with an opportunity to make a true picture on their own," Ryabkov said. Russia’s new 9M729 missile has a range capability of 480 km and does not violate the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the Russian Defense Ministry said earlier. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed by the Soviet Union and the United States on December 8, 1987, entered into force on June 1, 1988. The INF Treaty covered deployed and non-deployed ground-based short-range missiles (from 500 to 1,000 kilometers) and intermediate-range missiles (from 1,000 to 5,500 kilometers). On January 15, Russia and the US held inter-agency consultations on the INF Treaty in Geneva. Washington once again accused Moscow of breaching the arms control agreement. The US threatens to quit the treaty on February 2 unless Russia destroys its 9M729 missile, which allegedly violates the agreement. Moscow has stated on numerous occasions that the range of this missile does not exceed 480 km. Read more