subject: U.S. Senate approved the the treaty on nuclear disarmament [print this page] U.S. Senate approved the the treaty on nuclear disarmament
The U.S. Senate held 22 votes to approve President Barack Obama and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the new version of "Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty."
New version of "Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty" in April this year by the Obama and Medvedev signed in the Czech capital Prague, the failure last year to replace the old treaty. The new treaty, the two 7 years the number of deployed strategic nuclear delivery vehicles will be reduced to 700 or less. In addition, each can be deployed nuclear warheads will be reduced to 1550, nearly one-third cuts.
Obama held a press conference after the vote, praised the vote. "This treaty will strengthen our leadership to stop proliferation of nuclear weapons, under the condition of seeking a nuclear-free world peace."
But the treaty must be ratified by the Russian State Duma into effect.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's press secretary season Make Wa 23, said Medvedev on the U.S. new nuclear disarmament treaty by Russia and the U.S. are satisfied.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement, 22, welcomed the U.S. Senate approved the new US-Russian nuclear disarmament treaty, saying the treaty in support of nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament commitments "given firm and clear information."
NATO also welcomed the U.S. move, saying it is "Europe - a major contribution to the Atlantic regional security."
However, some military analysts said that even if the nuclear disarmament treaty enters into force, the number of nuclear warheads United States and Russia still accounts for more than 90% of the world total.
