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Russia-US nuclear arms deal close
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Russia and the US will sign a new nuclear arms deal shortly, the Russian foreign minister said.
Sergey Lavrov sounded upbeat when asked about the prospects for a quick successor deal to the 1991 START I treaty that expired last Friday.
Asked by a reporter whether the agreement could be signed by President Barack Obama and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev at the sidelines of the international climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mr Lavrov said: "The treaty will be signed soon." He would not elaborate.
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