Agt on new START still real during Obama visit - Kremlin
16:37, 2 June 2009
MOSCOW. June 2. KAZINFORM The Kremlin believes that at this point there still remain chances of concluding a fundamental agreement on a new strategic arms reduction treaty (START) during US President Barack Obama?s visit to Moscow this summer, presidential press-secretary Natalya Timakova told a news briefing on Tuesday; Kazinform refers to ITAR-TASS.
Obama is to visit Moscow on July 6-8.
?The complicated negotiating process (for achieving fundamental agreements on the parameters of a new version of the strategic arms reduction treaty) is continuing,? Timakova said in reply to a question from Itar-Tass. ?Active bilateral consultations are underway between the presidential staffs and foreign ministries?; Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS.
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