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house announced this morning the u.s. would withdraw from the u.s. enforcement treaty, saying russia has violated the nuclear ,orces treaty with impunity feeling a prohibited missile system that poses a threat to our allies and troops abroad. some of the white house statement, released concurrently with comments from secretary of state mike pompeo. >> at the core, president trump's foreign policy are few, simple truths. the security of the american people must be our greatest consideration. the agreement must serve american interest. countries must be held accountable when they break the rules. four years, russia has violated the terms of the nuclear forces

treaty without remorse. russia remains in material breach of its treaty obligations not to produce, possess or flight tested brown launched ofmy system with the remains between 500 and 1500 kilometers. the united states has got to lengths to preserve this agreement and enjoy security for people and partners. we have raised russia's noncompliance with russian officials, including the highest level of government more than 30 times. russia continues to deny its missile system is noncompliant and violates the treaty. millionsviolation puts at greater risk. it aims to put the united states at a military disadvantage. it undercuts the chances of moving our bilateral relationship in a better direction. it is our duty to respond.

when the agreement is disregarded and threatened, we must respond. we did that last december when the united states, with support from all our nato allies declared russia a material breach of the treaty. that unlessotice russia returned to verifiable compliance within 60 days, we would suspend our obligation under that treaty. we provided russia a window of time to amend its way and for russia to honor its commitment. tomorrow that time runs out. russia refused to take any steps to return real compliance over these 60 days. the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the inf treaty effective february 2. we will provide russia and the other treaty parties with formal notice the united states is withdrawing from the ins treaty in six months -- inf treaty in

six months. russia jeopardized the united states security interests and we can no longer be restricted by this treaty while russia violated. return todoes not verifiable compliance in a six-month period vice -- by destroying launchers and equipment, the treaty will terminate. i want to give a thanks to our nato allies, who stood with us and our mission to uphold the rule of law and protect our people. their solidarity reflects the strength and unity of the nato alliance. their support is good for our shared security. it is good for international peace and security. president trump is grateful for all you have done. the united states is hopeful we can put our relationship with russia on a better footing. changes is on russia to

course, not just on this issue but many others. the united states stands ready to engage with russia on arms control negotiations to advance u.s. and allies and partners security and our verifiable. this includes all the partners. they must comply with their obligations. ande remain hopeful russia's foster, the united states will continue to do what is best for our people and allies. i am happy to take questions. >> good morning. things everybody is worried about is this could stock an arms race. what are you doing to prevent that? risk youeo: the

identified is the one we are suffering from. the russians are in violation of the agreement. this agreement has been in place for a long time. the russians have begun to move towards the risk you identified. you heard me this morning. we will continue to have conversations. we hope they will come back into compliance. we have had conversations at every level, at the senior levels, technical levels, conversations about the nature of these systems. there is no mistaking the russians have chosen to that treaty, the risk of continued arms growth in a way they committed to back when they signed this industry they would not do. we will continue to work with the russians to achieve an outcome that gets us to a place president trump wants, to have an agreement that is enforceable

on these systems and i hope we can convince the russians it is in their best interest. -- wall streette journal, sir mother trump administration has withdrawn from agreements it does not like, jcpoa and you have indicated your intentions. the question is, what new agreements can be worked out to take their place? the russians said they are prepared to discuss extension. the treaty expires in two years, which is not a lot of time if the administration plans to take a new approach. when will the united states be prepared to discuss the future of strategic arms control, and what is your vision of how to go about limiting the world's most dangerous arms? secretary pompeo: i would wager to say president trump but this risk of proliferation as his highest american national

security interest. we are doing everything we can to ensure the risk of proliferation in these weapons systems is diminished. it does no good to sign an agreement if a party is owing to comply with it. the piece of paper is it is not being complied with does not reduce the risk. it does not take down that threat. the people around the world, the by thebeing violated russians. it is the agreement they signed up for. we do not force them into the agreement. they decided it was in their best interest. they decided it is not in their best interest. we are prepared to enter into negotiations on these complex arms control issues around the world, including conversations about the renewal of arms control agreements as we move forward. make no mistake about president mission ission, his to make sure any agreement we enter into it has america's best interest, th