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Russia, US agree '95 percent' on nuclear treaty: Medvedev
Moscow (AFP) Jan 24, 2010 Russia and the United States are close to deciding their nuclear weapons disarmament treaty, President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday, ahead of talks to hammer out the new deal due to resume in February. "The negotiations are going well, we agree on 95 percent of the issues in the new deal", the Russian leader said, cited by Russian agencies from southern Krasnaya Polyana, adding he was "optimistic for the (conclusion of the) deal". Russian-US discussions over the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) took place Thursday in Moscow, according to a Russian military and diplomatic source. Full START negotiations will resume at the beginning of February, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Negotiators from both sides have so far failed to agree a successor to START, signed in 1991 just before the break-up of the Soviet Union, and which expired on December 5. US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart have set a goal of reducing the nuclear warheads stockpile to between 1,500 and 1,675 for each country. The presidents also agreed that the number of "carriers" capable of delivering the warheads should be limited to between 500 and 1,100.
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