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| U.S., Russia to meet on arms control in November |
| 2008-10-18 |
| WASHINGTON - U.S. and Russian officials will meet in Geneva next month to discuss whether to extend a treaty limiting nuclear arsenals that expires late next year, the State Department said on Friday. Russia has been asking whether Washington is serious about replacing the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, signed in Moscow in 1991, which set ceilings on the size of the Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals. The two countries have already held extensive discussions about a post-START agreement "and we expect to continue those discussions," the State Department said in a statement. "The parties to a START will meet in Geneva in mid-November to initiate this process." The parties were obligated to meet no later than a year before the START treaty expires next December to begin consideration of whether or not to extend the treaty. State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid said he thought the meeting would be held at the "working level" -- meaning senior officials, below cabinet level. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Right... We'll control all your weapons. Agreed? Splendid! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-10-18 13:07 |