Report: U.S.-Russia arms reduction deal agreed
www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-06 15:34:00   Print

    MOSCOW, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The text of the framework strategic arms cut agreement which Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama are supposed to sign has been fully agreed, the Interfax news agency reported Monday.

    "The text has been agreed," an unnamed source at the Russian Foreign Ministry was quoted as saying.

    A day earlier, Interfax cited an unnamed senior source from the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying that the framework agreement had not been finally negotiated.

    Obama is scheduled to arrive in Moscow later on Monday to meet Medvedev and outline benchmarks for further work on an agreement to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) before it expires on Dec. 5.

    The three-day visit will be the U.S. president's first trip to Russia since he took office in January.

Editor: Xiong Tong
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