Moscow, July 27: The fifth round of talks between Russia and the US on a deal to cut their nuclear weapons and finalise a successor to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) will be held in early September in Geneva.
Russian Foreign Ministry sources said the September negotiations were agreed upon at the July 6 meeting between Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and visiting US President Barack Obama.
The sides arranged to hold the next round of talks at the end of August or at the beginning of September in Geneva, sources said.
The START successor treaty intends to cut the number of deployed nuclear warheads on each side to 1,500-1,675 from levels above 2,200.
The 1991 deal expires on December 5, so Moscow and Washington are expecting to replace it with a 10-year agreement.
Russia, however, has voiced disagreement with the US plans to deploy anti-missile defense systems in Poland and the Czech Republic.
–Agencies