From The New York Times:
MOSCOW — After months of prelude, Russian and American teams sat down in Moscow on Tuesday to begin renegotiating the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or Start, a key plank in the promised “reset” of relations between the countries.
The negotiators face a tight timeline if they are to replace the old agreement, which runs more than 700 pages, before it expires on Dec. 5. In recent days, top Russian officials have suggested that success at renegotiating Start is contingent on changes to an American plan for a missile defense system, a difficult negotiation in its own right.
But leaders in Washington and Moscow have a “strong political motivation” to propel the process forward, said Richard Burt, a former ambassador to Germany, who served as Washington’s chief Start negotiator in the waning days of the Soviet Union.
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My Comment: Why the rush? My suggestion is take your time .... cross the "t"s and dot the "i"s ... and make sure that what is being agreed to will satisfy both sides as well as taking into consideration the world reality. This treaty has been a work of progress for the past many years .... some extra time will not make a difference.
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