MOSCOW. Jan 24 (Interfax) - The briefing of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian Defense Ministry regarding the 9M729 missile did not convince the United States that Russia complies with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the U.S. embassy in Moscow said in a statement.
"Russia's demonstration yesterday of what they claimed was the 9M729 missile did not change anybody's conclusion that the system is a violation of the INF Treaty," embassy spokesperson Andrea Kalan told Interfax on Thursday.
"The United States and most of our NATO Allies did not attend this briefing as we all saw it for what it was - another attempt to obfuscate the violation and give the appearance of transparency," Kalan said.