RUSSIAN, U.S. PRESIDENT TO SIGN 2 DOCUMENTS IN LONDON
PanARMENIAN.Net
31.03.2009 10:34 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and U.S. President
Barack Obama are expected to sign a declaration on reducing nuclear
arms when the two leaders meet for the first time April 1 in London
on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
The Kremlin said Saturday that the two presidents will also issue a
general statement on U.S.-Russia relations.
Sergei Prikhodko, an aide to Mr. Medvedev says Mr. Obama and the
Russian president will issue a joint statement on a new strategic arms
agreement to replace the 1991 START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty),
which expires in December.
Obama administration officials have indicated they want to "press
the reset button" on U.S.-Russian relations.