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Obama writes to Putin over violation of missile treaty

(Xinhua) Updated: 2014-07-30 10:48

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has written to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over Moscow's breach of a 1987 missile treaty, the White House said on Tuesday.

The letter about US findings over Russia's testing of cruise missiles in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was sent late Monday, and lists steps for Russia to take to return to its compliance, press reports said.

"This is a very serious matter, which we have attempted to address with Russia for some time now," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters at a daily news briefing.

"I know that there have been reports that the president informed President Putin, via letter, of our determination and as an indication that this is a matter that merits the serious attention of the leaders of both the United States and Russia," he said.

The 1987 treaty bans ground-launched ballistic or cruise missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 kilometers. The Obama administration on Tuesday submitted to Congress its latest report on compliance with arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament accords, which determined that Russia was in violation of its obligations under the pact.

Russia first began testing the cruise missiles as early as 2008 and the Obama administration concluded by the end of 2011 that they were a compliance concern, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing American officials.

It said Washington first raised the possibility of a violation with Moscow in May 2013.

"We encourage Russia to return to compliance with its obligations under the treaty and to eliminate any prohibited items in a verifiable manner," State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki told reporters at a daily press briefing.

"The administration will work to resolve the compliance issues outlined in the report through bilateral and multilateral means," she said, adding Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed on Tuesday to "consult and respond" soon to a request for an immediate senior-level bilateral dialogue made by Secretary of State John Kerry in their phone talks.

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