US, Russia hold new round of START talksJuly 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.
US, Russian leaders sign agreement to negotiate lower limits on long-range nuclear weaponsJuly 6th, 2009 US and Russia agree to negotiate new arms dealMOSCOW — President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have signed what they call a "joint understanding" to negotiate a new arms control treaty that would set substantially lower levels of nuclear warheads for both countries. The deal would replace a nuclear arms treaty that expires in December.
US lawmakers hold talks on NKorea, arms control in Russia to set ground for Obama visitJune 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.
Russia, US to sign military deal during Obama tripJune 26th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russia and the US will sign a military cooperation deal during President Barack Obama's visit to Moscow in early July, Russia's top military general said Friday. "We discussed a number of very serious and important matters related both to international and regional security.
US confident missile defense dispute with Russia will not impede arms reduction talksJune 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.
Report: Russian general says arms pact with US should not leave Russia below 1,500 warheadsJune 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.
Russia, US begin nuclear arms reduction talksMay 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.
Russia: first full talks with US on START replacement to begin May 18 in MoscowApril 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.
U.S, Russian negotiators meet in Rome for talks on new nuclear arms reduction treatyApril 24th, 2009 US-Russia talks on nuclear reduction beginROME — U.S. and Russian negotiators emerged optimistic Friday after talks aimed at creating a new treaty to reduce their nuclear weapon stockpiles.
Report: Russian foreign minister to meet Clinton in Washington on May 7 for nuclear talksApril 23rd, 2009 Report: Lavrov to meet Clinton in Washington May 7MOSCOW — A Russian news agency says Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will travel to Washington next month for talks on nuclear nonproliferation with U.S. counterpart Hillary Rodham Clinton.
US unlikely to revise missile defence plans: RussiaApril 22nd, 2009 MOSCOW - The US is unlikely to revise its missile defence plans and there are no reasons for a drastic reduction in offensive strategic arms, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Tuesday. 'The US side has not revised its plans.
Obama, Medvedev to issue joint statements at G20 summitMarch 28th, 2009 MOSCOW - US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev would issue joint statements on bilateral relations and strategic arms reduction at their upcoming meeting in London, the Russian president's aide said Saturday. 'We will have two presidential statements - on Russian-US relations generally, but also on START.
Russia ready for new arms reduction talks with USFebruary 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.
US missile defence aimed at Russian nuclear deterrent: MinisterFebruary 6th, 2009 MUNICH - The prospective US missile defence shield in Central Europe targets Russia's nuclear deterrent, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov has said. Speaking at the 45th Munich Conference on Security Policy Friday, he also said Russia is proposing a ban on the placement of strategic offensive weapons outside national borders in a new Russia-US arms reduction agreement.
Obama for nuclear disarmament talks with Russia: reportFebruary 3rd, 2009 LONDON - US President Barack Obama is to convene ambitious arms reduction talks with Russia that could see both countries slash 80 percent of their nuclear weapons, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The radical treaty would cut the number of nuclear warheads to 1,000 each, The Times newspaper reported.
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