MOSCOW. June 4 (Interfax) - Moscow is yet to decide about signing the International Arms Trade Treaty, Russian Foreign Ministry Security and Disarmament Department Director Mikhail Ulyanov told Interfax on Monday.
"Russia will not sign the treaty at today's ceremony. We have made an official announcement that we will weigh the cons and pros and make a decision whether to sign this treaty or not on the basis of our analysis," he said.
"We believe this treaty can be of use, especially as countries lacking a reliable system of control over arms exports and imports create this system in line with the treaty's requirements," the diplomat said.
At the same time, "standards set by the treaty are much lower than Russian. We think this is a rather weak document," Ulyanov stressed.