Medvedev, Obama sign Kremlin deal to cut nuclear arsenals
The Russian and U.S. presidents signed a preliminary agreement on Monday to cut their countries' nuclear arsenals to 1,500-1,675 operatio...
Medvedev, Obama sign Kremlin deal to cut nuclear arsenals
The Russian and U.S. presidents signed a preliminary agreement on Monday to cut their countries' nuclear arsenals to 1,500-1,675 operational warheads within seven years after a new arms reduction treaty comes into force.
The framework deal agreed during Kremlin talks between Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama during the U.S. leader's first visit to Russia sets guidelines for a new treaty to replace the START 1 pact, due to expire in December.
"Within seven years after this treaty comes into force, and in the future, the limits for strategic delivery systems should be within the range of 500-1,100 units and for warheads linked to them within the range of 1,500-1,675 units," the framework agreement said.
Speaking at a news conference after the summit, Medvedev said the treaty would be a "basic element of our mutual security."
Obama said that they had taken "important steps forward to increase nuclear security and to stop the spread of nuclear weapons."
"We have signed a joint understanding for a follow-on treaty on the START agreement which will reduce our warheads and delivery systems by up to a third from our current treaty limitations. This legally binding treaty will be completed by the end of this year," he said.
The framework document says the new treaty would be in effect for 10 years and should include data exchange structures, inspections and measures to build confidence and improve transparency.
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obama is gutless wimp as former president of czech republic said about obama after he refused to meet dalai lama because he was afraid it would offend the chinese. The chinese do not respect man who wets his pants and this coward obama wets his often At least Bush was man who stood up the the chinese and invited the dalai lama for visit. Now this scumbag wants to weaken our country by eliminating nuclear weapons. The russians, chinese, iranians, know obama is timid little punk
@jers59 you know how much money we owe the chinese , i think i would be stupid of obama to meet the dalai lama at this time. if you rush into things you might just get cutt
At lerast Bush had the stones to meet the dalai lama. I have never seen a president be so disrespected as obama was at copenhagen from third world stooges barring him from meeting to not giving him seat. It just shows he has no back bone and is not respected
there are 3 presidents which obama really have respect, we can see with his behaviour, the Russian president, the China's president and maybe Kim Jong-il, north korean president which he didn't meet yet
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Proud of Obama and my country again after the darkness of the Bush years.