Moscow:Russiahas threatened that it would take military countermeasures if the West continues to militarise Greenland. The Russian threat has come astensions are already high in the arctic island ever since Donald Trump resolvethat he would make the ‘piece of ice’ as part of United States. Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov made a statement in a speech saying that in the event of militarisation of Greenland and there creation of military capabilities aimed at Russia, they will take adequate said he wanted to annex the arctic island.

"Of course, in the event of the militarisation of Greenland and the creation of military capabilities aimed at Russia, wewill take adequate countermeasures, including military-technical ones," Lavrov said in a speech to Russian lawmakers.

The New START treaty expired February 5, leaving no restrictions on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century and fueling fears of an unconstrained nuclear arms race.

Russian President Vladimir Putin last year declared his readiness to stick to the treaty’s limits for another year if Washington followed suit, but US President Donald Trump has argued that he wants China to be a part of a new pact — something Beijing has rejected.

Speaking Wednesday to the parliament's lower house, Sergey Lavrov said that even though the US hasn't responded to Putin's offer, Russia will respect New START's caps for as long as it sees that the US observes them too.

“The moratorium declared by the president will remain as long as the U.S. doesn't exceed these limits,” Lavrov told lawmakers. "We will act in a responsible and balanced way on the basis of analysis of the U.S. military policies.”

He added that “we have reason to believe that the United States is in no hurry to abandon these limits and that they will be observed for the foreseeable future.”

“We will closely monitor how things are actually unfolding," Lavrov said. "If our American colleagues’ intention to maintain some kind of cooperation on this is confirmed, we will work actively on a new agreement and consider the issues that have remained outside strategic stability agreements."

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