The INF Treaty was signed in 1987 between the Soviet Union and the United States on the elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles.

Moscow and Washington have been accusing each other of violating the agreement in recent years amid increasing tensions.

In October, U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington would pull out of the INF Treaty on account of Russia's alleged breach of the agreement, a charge which Moscow has repeatedly denied.

Washington's decision to leave the INF Treaty also prompted questions about the fate of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which is another disarmament agreement signed by Washington and Moscow in 2010 and will expire in 2021.

Russia had a right to ensure that the United States would guarantee the New START implementation and not to reverse the process by modifying missiles to non-nuclear configuration, Lavrov said Saturday at the meeting with Putin and Shoigu, according to Sputnik.

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