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Home | News Briefs | U.S. | World | Celeb Buzz | Entertainment | Sports | Business | Health | Sci / Tech | Politics | Weird & Offbeat --- Advertisment --- Update: Obama, Russian President Medvedev Agree To New Nuclear Limits July 6, 2009 12:14 p.m. EST --- Advertisment --- Kris Alingod - AHN Contributor Moscow, Russia (AHN) - President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, on Monday signed the framework of an agreement that further reduces nuclear stockpiles and replaces a Cold War era treaty expiring this year. The two leaders signed a Joint Understanding that will guide talks on how to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and will limit U.S. and Russian strategic warheads to between 1,500 and 1,675, and strategic delivery vehicles to a range of 500 to 1,100. START was signed in 1991 just before the dissolution of the USSR and limited warheads to 2,200 and launch vehicles to 1,600. The treaty expires on Dec. 5. The new limits are the lowest of any existing arms control agreement, according to the White House. They also include the use of verification measures employed by Moscow and Washington during the implementation of START. "The United States of America and the Russian Federation confirm their commitment to strengthening their cooperation to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and stop acts of nuclear terrorism," Obama and Medvedev said in a joint statement. "We bear special responsibility for security of nuclear weapons. While we reconfirm that security at nuclear facilities in the United States and Russia meets current requirements, we stress that nuclear security requirements need continuous upgrading." Obama is in Moscow for a two-day nuclear arms summit, as well as to continue efforts in "resetting" relations with Kremlin, which deteriorated over the past year over and Russia's invasion of Georgia and a missile defense system in Eastern Europe that Moscow strongly opposes. Ties became strained after Russian military forces invaded Georgia, a former Soviet satellite, last August. The incursion was in response to Georgian military forces in South Ossetia, a region which declared independence from Georgia nearly two decades ago. The Bush administration had also pushed for the approval of an agreement with Poland to build missile tracking radar southwest of Prague, and install interceptor missiles in Poland to protect the United States and NATO allies from potential attacks from Iran. Moscow had planned to deploy missiles near the Polish border in response, but was reported in January to have scrapped those plans. Medvedev over the weekend made clear the missile defense system would be central to talks in the summit. On Monday, the Russian president joined Obama in saying they would "continue the discussion concerning the establishment of cooperation in responding to the challenge of ballistic missile proliferation." "We have instructed our experts to work together to analyze the ballistic missile challenges of the 21st century and to prepare appropriate recommendations, giving priority to the use of political and diplomatic methods," they added. "At the same time they plan to conduct a joint review of the entire spectrum of means at our disposal that allow us to cooperate on monitoring the development of missile programs around the world." In their comments to reporters before meeting privately at the Kremlin, the two leaders both expressed hope of vastly improved relations after the summit, with Medvedev saying he expects discussions " closing some of the pages of the past and opening some the pages of the future," and Obama indicating confidence in continuing their "excellent discussions" made in London in April. Medvedev and Obama will hold meetings through Monday evening, when they join First Lady Michelle Obama and Lady Sletvana Medvedeva at the Gorkiy for dinner. Obama departs Moscow Wednesday morning for Rome where he will attend a G8 meeting. He leaves Italy for Ghana Friday night. His first visit to Africa as president, he will remain in Ghana until Saturday night. Copyright © 2003 - 2009 AHN - All rights reserved.Redistribution, republication. syndication, rewriting or broadcast is prohibited without the prior written consent of AHN.License AHN news for your website, business, digital signage network or publication. Home | News Briefs | U.S. | World | Entertainment | Sports | Business | Health | Sci / Tech | Politics | Weird / Offbeat © 2009 AHN Client Login | Submit News | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Contact | Content Services All Rights Reserved

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