U.S. - Russian Nuclear Agreement To Be Concluded Soon

U.S. - Russian Nuclear Agreement To Be Concluded Soon


US And Russia Claim They Are On Brink Of Nuclear Deal -- The Guardian

More than three months late, Obama and Medvedev dive for the finish line in a bid to maintain momentum on disarmament.

Apologies if you have read this somewhere before many times, but Washington and Moscow are once again saying they are really, really close to a new START nuclear arms control treaty.

Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev spoke on the telephone on Saturday and agreed to give their negotiators in Geneva "new instructions" to conclude a draft treaty that would cut each sides deployed strategic arsenal from well over 2,000 warheads apiece to somewhere between 1,500 and 1,675. Launch vehicles (missiles and bombers) would be cut from 1600 to a range of 500 to 1,100.

Read more ....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/julian-borger-global-security-blog/2010/mar/14/nuclear-weapons-obama-administration

More News On U.S. - Russia Nuclear Negotiations

Russia-US nuclear treaty ready soon: Kremlin -- AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hfp1miYgr5vwBIxHmR9tJklhCYhg

Obama, Medvedev encouraged on arms talks accord -- AP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5isOusq88XaFLQSKVrHn_wRfUSvAgD9EE50M04

Obama, Medvedev happy on arms pact, signing seen near -- Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62C1GK20100313

US and Russia 'near' new nuclear arms treaty -- BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8566579.stm

Obama and Medvedev Talk About Arms Treaty -- New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/world/europe/14start.html

Hillary Clinton upbeat on arms treaty with Russia -- The Hindu
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article245778.ece

Russia, U.S. look to date for signing new arms treaty -- Xinhuanet
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-03/14/c_13209642.htm

Russia, US close to signing arms reduction pact: Kremlin -- Economic Times of India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Russia-US-close-to-signing-arms-reduction-pact-Kremlin/articleshow/5681737.cms