Arms Control Experts Applaud Breakthrough in U.S.-Russia Nuclear Weapons Negotiations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2010
CONTACT: Katie Mounts, Director of External Relations
Washington, D.C. – Arms control experts at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation applauded recent news of a breakthrough in negotiations between the United States and Russia for a new nuclear arms reduction treaty to succeed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which expired in December.
“We welcome news that the United States and Russia are set to conclude a new nuclear reductions treaty,” said the Center’s Executive Director John Isaacs. “This treaty is critical to American security interests by reducing excess nuclear weapons, ensuring verification of the two countries’ nuclear forces and resetting U.S.-Russian relations.”
Reports Wednesday afternoon indicated that a significant breakthrough in negotiations had been reached, and that a signing ceremony would soon follow.
Isaacs added, “We urge the United States Senate to give serious consideration to the treaty and to approve it promptly. The sooner the treaty enters into force, the sooner the verification procedures can be up and running again.”
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation is one of the nation’s oldest and largest organizations dedicated to reducing and eventually eliminating nuclear weapons.
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