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It is remarkable to realize the level of mistrust and absolute hatred that existed before President Obama took office. With his team in foreign policy he has achieved a historical agreement in a very short very period of time. Now the youngest team of First World Leaders can take their agreements and initatives and move forward to enforce Non-Proliferation globally and roll back the egregious nature of nuclear weapons on our planet. With the fall of the Kyrgyzstan government structure is there any reason to believe any country is 'at risk' for dangerous outcomes to their people?
Russia, United States sign new arms reduction treaty (WRAPUP) (click here)
16:3208/04/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama signed on Thursday a new treaty on the reduction of strategic offensive weapons to replace the START 1 treaty, which expired in December 2009.
The document is expected to bring Moscow and Washington to a new level of cooperation in the areas of nuclear disarmament and arms control.
"Together we start on that path and prove the benefits of cooperation. Today is an important milestone for nuclear security and nonproliferation and for U.S.-Russian relations," Barack Obama said at the signing ceremony in Prague.
The new strategic arms pact stipulates that the number of nuclear warheads is to be reduced to 1,550 on each side, while the number of operational and stockpiled delivery vehicles must not exceed 800 on each side.
Under the deal, which will have a validity term of ten years, unless it is superseded by another strategic arms reduction agreement, strategic offensive weapons are to be based solely on the national territories of Russia and the United States.
Speaking after the signing of the documents, both presidents emphasized the importance of the document for nuclear security and for Russian-U.S. relations and pledged to work with lawmakers to ensure timely ratification of the documents by both sides....
It would appear sustainable relations with Russia is on its way. There really is absolutely no reason to seek the small quantities of oil that are the USA reserves. Strong economic relations with Russia will lead to far more international stability including the near border issues the USA now faces. It is such a huge mistake for any State to drain their oil reserves offshore. Russia is not a member of OPEC and is a huge equalizer to USA imports.
Medvedev calls for boosting of Russian-U.S. economic ties (click here)
17:2408/04/2010
PRAGUE, April 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called for increased Russian- U.S. economic cooperation, stressing that Russia needs to learn from the experience of the United States in modernizing its economy.
Russian President Medvedev met with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama on Thursday in the Czech Republic capital of Prague to sign a new nuclear arms reduction treaty.
"We really do have a gap in economic cooperation. [...] U.S. investment in the Russian economy only amounts to around $7 billion. This figure decreased slightly during the [economic] crisis," Medvedev said at the press conference.
The Russian president said the country's investment in the U.S. economy was nearly the same amount, indicaing a parity of interests....
