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.