Thursday, December 17, 2009

Russian FM: US-Russian arms deal not ready

Russia's foreign minister urged U.S. officials on Thursday to accept deeper cuts and less intrusive verification measures in a nuclear weapons treaty the two countries are negotiating.

Sergey Lavrov said disagreements over such issues over the past few days had slowed efforts to reach a deal, and he agreed with the White House's assessment that President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are not expected to sign a nuclear weapons treaty when they travel to Copenhagen this week.

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