Earlier, the US president announced that Washington was planning to quit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) over alleged violations of the accord by Russia. Moscow in turn, has slammed the US decision and noted that it also suspects Washington of violating the INF Treaty.
Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas has urged the US to stay in the INF Treaty while stressing that Europe must not become a platform for debates about nuclear arms.
"We stand for the US not to recklessly abandon the INF Treaty, because we don't want Europe to become a platform for debates about nuclear arms," Maas said during a speech at the Bundestag.