Originally published on the CGS blog on July 1, 2009.
The United States and Russia have announced that they will hold talks aimed at reducing the amount of weapons, particularly nuclear weapons, on both sides.
President Obama and President Medvedev will meet at a summit in Moscow in a few days to announce the status of an arms reduction treaty. However it is expected that by December there will be more extensive and ambitious talks. These treaties are anticipated to reduce strategic weapons to 1,700 for each country as well as a reduction of “battlefield” weapons, which are easier to hide. The more extensive treaty is expected to take at least two years to negotiate but both countries are hopeful.
These talks would be huge step in the direction of peace for both countries. It is the hope that these discussions could lead to a more peaceful relationship between the U.S. and Russia. The resolution of this issue could potentially lead to resolutions of other strained issues.
The willingness of these two leaders to discuss these issues gives us hope that we are one step closer to a world without nuclear weapons.
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