Consider the following statements on Intermediate Ranges Nuclear Forces Treaty 1 ...........

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Consider the following statements on Intermediate-Ranges Nuclear Forces Treaty:

1. It was central to ending arms race between two superpowers (US and USSR) during cold war.

2. US has unilaterally decided to withdraw from the treaty. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Both the statements are correct

United States (US) President Donald Trump has announced that US will unilaterally pull out of three- decade-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty signed with Russia during Cold War.

It was Signed in Washington, D.C. by President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on 8 December 1987, the treaty was approved by the United States Senate on 27 May 1988 and ratified by Reagan and Gorbachev on 1 June 1988.