Multilateral agreements on nuclear weapons are impossible without factoring in the U.S. missile defense system’s potential, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said, during a video conference with his colleagues from other Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries, on Tuesday.

He spoke of “deterioration of the situation in strategic stability, including the U.S. consistent actions on complete dismantling of its legal basis.”

“The global missile defense system, under construction by the U.S., is a prime example of Washington trying to obtain strategic advantage at the cost of other countries’ security. Meanwhile, we are adamant that achieving viable agreements on nuclear missile issues without factoring in the U.S. missile defense is impossible,” Patrushev said…

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