Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Obama And Medvedev: Nuclear Arms Talks On The Table

Talking: President Barack Obama (r.) met with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev at Winfield House in London, Wednesday. (RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service/AP)

From The Christian Science Monitor:

Moscow – During the darkest days of the cold war, nothing uplifted people’s moods and raised hopes for world peace like an official announcement that the two superpowers were opening negotiations to slash their arsenals of terrifying, death-dealing intercontinental nuclear weapons.

Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitri Medvedev brought back some of that happy buzz Wednesday as they emerged, smiling, from their first meeting to inform journalists that talks for a fresh strategic arms accord are on the table, and breakthroughs on other, thornier issues might also be in the pipeline.

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More News On U.S. - Russian Relations

U.S. and Russia Advance in Talks on Arms Control -- Wall Street Journal
Obama, Medvedev to reset ties with arms pact -- Yahoo News/Reuters
G20 talks bring arms control treaty between Russia and USA -- The Guardian
Obama and Medvedev seek thaw in U.S.-Russia ties -- Reuters
US, Russia call for nuke cuts in sweeping agenda -- AP
Medvedev charts path to better Russian-U.S. ties -- Reuters
New Start will signal the end of nuclear arms race -- Times Online
Obama and Medvedev announce talks on new nuclear arms reduction treaty -- Times Online
Obama, Medvedev pledge new era of relations -- AFP
Russia and America pledge to slash nuclear stockpiles -- Times Online
Obama, Russia's Medvedev to reopen talks on nuclear arms -- L.A. Times

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