Moscow, July 06: US and Russian officials have agreed the text of a declaration to be signed by Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev setting out a framework for renewing a key Cold War-era weapons reduction treaty, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday.
“The text of the document has been agreed,” the agency quoted a source in the Russian foreign ministry as saying, a few hours after Obama left Washington for Moscow.
The signing of the declaration on the renewal of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) — due to expire in December — is expected to be a major outcome of summit talks between Obama and Medvedev.
—Agencies