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It applied to missiles stationed in allied territories (e.g., US missiles in NATO countries, Soviet missiles in Warsaw Pact states).

It applied to missiles stationed in allied territories (e.g., US missiles in NATO countries, Soviet missiles in Warsaw Pact states).

==Russian Foreign Ministry statement on the moratorium on the deployment of ground-launched intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles, August 3, 2025==

==Russian Foreign Ministry statement on the moratorium on the deployment of ground-launched intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles, August 4, 2025==

{{quotebox-float|Against the backdrop of deliberate steps by the [[United States]], which resulted in the termination in 2019 of the validity and existence of the [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty]] (INF Treaty), as well as in subsequent years, the Russian Federation has been proactively making efforts to promote restraint in this area. In particular, this was reflected in the top-level statements made in 2019-2020, which provided for the voluntary adoption by our country of unilateral self-restrictions precluding the deployment of ground-launched INF-range missiles unless similar US-made [[missile]] [[weapon]]s emerge in the relevant regions of the world. In parallel, [[Russia]] directly called upon [[NATO]] countries to declare a reciprocal moratorium on deploying weapon systems formerly banned under the INF Treaty, and upon the [[US]] allies in the [[Asia]]-[[Pacific]] to support our efforts in preventing a race of such armaments in the region.

{{quotebox-float|Against the backdrop of deliberate steps by the [[United States]], which resulted in the termination in 2019 of the validity and existence of the [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty]] (INF Treaty), as well as in subsequent years, the Russian Federation has been proactively making efforts to promote restraint in this area. In particular, this was reflected in the top-level statements made in 2019-2020, which provided for the voluntary adoption by our country of unilateral self-restrictions precluding the deployment of ground-launched INF-range missiles unless similar US-made [[missile]] [[weapon]]s emerge in the relevant regions of the world. In parallel, [[Russia]] directly called upon [[NATO]] countries to declare a reciprocal moratorium on deploying weapon systems formerly banned under the INF Treaty, and upon the [[US]] allies in the [[Asia]]-[[Pacific]] to support our efforts in preventing a race of such armaments in the region.