Russia, US to hold regular talks on arms cuts

October 13th, 2009 Russian FM: 'Considerable' progress on arms treatyMOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the U.S. and Russia have made "considerable" progress toward reaching agreement on a new strategic arms treaty.

October 8th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia believes that a new strategic arms reduction deal with the US should be signed before cuts in tactical nuclear weapons are discussed, the foreign ministry said Thursday. "As to tactical nuclear weapons, we share the view expressed by (US Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Affairs) Alexander Vershbow that the discussion of this issue is premature," ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said.

October 2nd, 2009 Clinton to visit Britain, Ireland, RussiaWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travels next week to Britain, Ireland and Russia for wide-ranging talks on economic and counterterrorism cooperation and arms control. The State Department said Friday that Clinton would visit London, Dublin, Belfast and Moscow from Oct.

September 21st, 2009 MOSCOW - For the first time, in talks on a new nuclear arms reduction deal, Moscow and Washington would be discussing concrete provisions for reaching an agreement to replace the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START-1) due to expire Dec 5. The sixth round of talks on a new nuclear arms reduction deal between Russia and the US opens Monday in Geneva.

July 24th, 2009 US, Russia discuss nuclear arms reduction pactGENEVA — The United States and Russia met in Geneva this week to build on the commitment by Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev to replace the expiring Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, a U.S. official said Friday.

July 22nd, 2009 GENEVA - Delegations from the US and Russia began a new round of talks Wednesday on replacing START, the nuclear arms reduction treaty that is set to expire at the end of the year. Diplomats from both countries told DPA that the teams had begun their meetings at the Russian diplomatic mission in Geneva in the late morning.

June 29th, 2009 US, Russia hold talks before Obama visitMOSCOW — U.S. lawmakers and their Russian counterparts have met to discuss arms control, North Korea and other international issues, setting the stage for President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow next week.

June 23rd, 2009 US: missile spat with Russia will be worked outWASHINGTON — A State Department official expressed confidence Tuesday that Russian objections to any U.S. missile defense system in eastern Europe will not impede arms reduction talks.

June 22nd, 2009 US, Russia to discuss nuclear arms reduction pactGENEVA — The United States and Russia will hold two days of talks in Geneva this week on replacing the expiring Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. The 1991 START treaty significantly cut American and Russian nuclear arsenals.

June 21st, 2009 AMSTERDAM - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has expressed hope that his meeting with US President Barack Obama in July would promote a new nuclear disarmament treaty. "We are ready to cut our strategic delivery vehicles by several times compared to the START-1 treaty.

June 18th, 2009 Russia-US talks on nuclear arms 'constructive'MOSCOW — Russia says talks with the United States on nuclear arms reductions have been constructive, but suggests a summit next month may not bring a new deal. Talks on an arms reduction deal to replace the 1991 START treaty are a keystone of efforts to improve troubled Russian-American ties.

June 10th, 2009 Russia doesn't want to go below 1,500 warheadsMOSCOW — A top Russian general said Wednesday that a new U.S.-Russian arms control deal mustn't cut the number of nuclear warheads below 1,500 each, news reports said. Col.-Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov, the chief of the military's Strategic Missile Forces, said in remarks carried by Russian news agencies that it will be up to the Kremlin to make the final decision on how deep the cuts should be.

May 19th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia and the US have started the first round of talks here on a new strategic arms reduction treaty, the Russian foreign ministry said Tuesday. The US delegation is led by Rose Gottemoeller, US assistant secretary of state and the Russian side is headed by Anatoly Antonov, director of the security and disarmament department of the Russian foreign ministry.

April 27th, 2009 Russia: START-replacement talks set for MayMOSCOW — The first full-format talks by Russia and the United States on devising a replacement for the START arms-reduction treaty will take place May 18-20 in Moscow. Monday's announcement by Russia's Foreign Ministry follows last week's U.S.-Russia talks in Rome that focused on procedural issues for getting the full-fledged discussions under way.

February 9th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia was ready to hold talks with the new US administration on cuts in strategic offensive weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday. 'We are ready for talks, which will allow us to preserve the mechanism of limitations and reductions of strategic offensive weapons and we are glad that the new US administration is paying priority attention to this subject,' Lavrov said in an interview with Russia's Vesti-24 TV news channel.