Russia, U.S. to inaugurate START

The U.S. and Russia will formally inaugurate their new nuclear Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) today.

Source: RFE/RL

Saturday, 05.02.2011.

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The U.S. and Russia will formally inaugurate their new nuclear Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) today. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will formally exchange the final ratification papers for the new START treaty in Munich, where they will be attending an annual security conference. Russia, U.S. to inaugurate START The pact slashes existing warhead ceilings by 30 percent over the next 10 years and limits each side to 700 deployed long-range missiles and heavy bombers. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who has made better ties with Russia a priority for the alliance, told the Munich Security Conference that the pact would "pave the way for a better security climate in the Euro-Atlantic Area." The U.S. administration has touted the treaty as a key element to improving ties with Moscow, as well as a major step in U.S. President Barack Obama's vision of a world free of atomic weapons.

Russia, U.S. to inaugurate START

The pact slashes existing warhead ceilings by 30 percent over the next 10 years and limits each side to 700 deployed long-range missiles and heavy bombers.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who has made better ties with Russia a priority for the alliance, told the Munich Security Conference that the pact would "pave the way for a better security climate in the Euro-Atlantic Area."

The U.S. administration has touted the treaty as a key element to improving ties with Moscow, as well as a major step in U.S. President Barack Obama's vision of a world free of atomic weapons.

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