U.S. - Russia Nuclear Talks -- Summary And Analysis

Russian officials greet each other outside a foreign ministry mansion in Moscow before nuclear weapon talks with U.S. negotiators May 20, 2009. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov

U.S.-Russia Nuclear Talks Make Positive Start -- Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The United States and Russia have held two days of successful talks on ways to slash vast stockpiles of Cold War nuclear weapons, a Russian diplomat said on Wednesday.

Finding a replacement for the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) before it expires on December 5 could herald a thaw in relations between the world's biggest two nuclear powers.

U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev last month ordered officials to begin the complicated talks needed to find a replacement for START, one of the biggest arms reduction deals in history.

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