U.S., Russia commit to cut in nuclear arms
Published: Wed, Jul. 04, 2007 12:00AM
Modified Wed, Jul. 04, 2007 02:01AM
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closeWASHINGTON -- The United States and Russia pledged Tuesday to reduce their stockpiles of long-range nuclear weapons "to the lowest possible" level, although they have not yet agreed on specific numbers.
"We have a way to go in our discussion," U.S. envoy Robert G. Joseph said at a news conference.
As an outgrowth of the latest round of talks between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the two countries also said they were fully committed to preventing the spread of nuclear weapons technology.
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A 1991 treaty called for reduction of long-range U.S. and Russian nuclear missiles by about one-third, or to a maximum of 6,000 deployed strategic warheads, apiece. It is due to expire in 2009.
The 2002 Moscow treaty went further, calling on each side to reduce its deployed strategic warheads to between 1,700 and 2,220.
In an exchange of data last January, the Russians claimed to have 4,162 strategic warheads, and the United States claimed 5,866 in the U.S. arsenal.
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