The presidents of Russia and the United States agreed on Wednesday to urge their negotiators to speed up work and prepare for signing a new START deal to cut strategic nuclear weapons, the Kremlin said in a statement.
“The Russian side stressed the importance of completing the talks within a short term to prepare this document — vital for strategic security and stability — for signing as soon as possible,” it said after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s telephone conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama.
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