Disarmament love fest in Moscow. (Insider Report).
Proclaiming a desire "to establish a genuine partnership based on the principles of mutual security, cooperation, trust, openness, and predictability," President George Bush and Vladimir Putin of Russia, on May 24th, signed what Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency.
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Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. called "the biggest arms-reduction treaty in history." According to according to
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3. President Bush, the treaty-signing ceremony "ended a long chapter of confrontation and opened up an entirely new relationship between our countries."
Putin, the ex-KGB boss, concurred. "Together, we will counteract global threats and challenges," Putin said. "We're going to form a stable world order in the interests of our peoples and our countries." Dubbed the Treaty of Moscow The Treaty of Moscow may refer to: - Treaty of Moscow (1920), a treaty of non-aggression between Soviet Russia and Georgia
- Treaty of Moscow (1921), a friendship treaty between Soviet Russia and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM)
, the new pact commits Russia and the U.S. to reduce their strategic nuclear arsenals to 2,200 warheads each by December 31, 2002. In addition to the treaty, Bush and Putin signed an eight-page agreement pledging U.S.-Russian cooperation on economic matters, the Middle East peace process, nuclear proliferation Nuclear proliferation is a term now used to describe the spread of nuclear weapons, fissile material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information, to nations which are not recognized as "nuclear weapon States" by the and missile defense Missile defence is an air defence system, weapon program, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed ICBMs, its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged , and the war against terrorism.
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