- Title: U.S. foreign policy under Trump's administration in 2019.
- Date: 19th December 2019
- Summary: Russia will respond to any deployment of intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe by targeting not only the countries where those missiles are stationed, but the United States itself, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday (February 20). MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE - FEBRUARY 20, 2019) (RUSSIAN POOL) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AT PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: "The U.S. openly neglected and demonstratively ignored the essence of the positions laid out in (CONTINUES OVER AUDIENCE MEMBERS LISTENING) Articles four and six of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty. In particular, according to point one of article four of the treaty, (CONTINUES OVER SHOT OF SCREEN OVER AUDIENCE) I quote: "each of the sides is to liquidate their intermediate range missiles and their launch installations." SPEAKER OF UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT, VALENTINA MATVIENKO (LEFT), RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER DMITRY MEDVEDEV (C), STATE DUMA SPEAKER VYACHESLAV VOLODIN (RIGHT) LISTENING TO PUTIN (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: "Russia will be forced to create and develop weapons (CONTINUES OVER AUDIENCE LISTENING) which can be used not only towards those territories from which direct threats may be directed at us, but also towards those territories where centres of decision-making in (CONTINUES OVER WIDE SHOT OF HALL) employing rocket systems that are threatening to us."
- Embargoed: 2nd January 2020 07:56
- Keywords: Bulava ballistic missiles Cold war Donald Trump INF Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty Iskander missile Jens Stoltenberg Mike Pompeo NATO Russia Sineva Topol-M U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Vladimir Putin World War Two victory parade avangard hypersonic glide vehicle drills intercontinental missiles military drills missiles sergey lavrov submarine drone missile system
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- City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA006BAJ0GUF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: FOREIGN POLICY 2019 CONTINUES IN EDITS:
0468-USA-TRUMP/FOREIGN POLICY 2019-PART 1
0469-USA-TRUMP/FOREIGN POLICY 2019-PART 2
0470-USA-TRUMP/FOREIGN POLICY 2019-PART 3
0471-USA-TRUMP/FOREIGN POLICY 2019-PART 4
0474-USA-TRUMP/FOREIGN POLICY 2019-PART 6
0475-USA-TRUMP/FOREIGN POLICY 2019-PART 7
THIS EDIT CONTAINS HIGHLIGHTS OF TRUMP'S FOREIGN POLICY ON RUSSIA IN 2019
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