US President Urges Russian Lawmakers to Ratify Moscow Treaty

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US President Urges Russian Lawmakers to Ratify Moscow Treaty

Commending the US Senate's ratification of the Moscow Treaty on strategic nuclear arms reduction, US President George W. Bush on Friday urged Russian lawmakers to ratify the treaty quickly.

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Commending the US Senate's ratification of the Moscow Treaty on strategic nuclear arms reduction, US President George W. Bush on Friday urged Russian lawmakers to ratify the treaty quickly.

"I am hopeful that the Russian Duma and Federation Council will soon give their approval to ratification, so that President Putin and I can exchange instruments of ratification and the Moscow Treaty can enter into force," Bush said in a statement.

"This historic agreement will reduce the nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia to their lowest levels in decades. The treaty will benefit both our peoples and contribute to a more secure world," Bush said.

"The Moscow Treaty helps lay to rest the legacies of Cold War competition and suspicion, and marks a fundamentally new era in relations between the United States and Russia," Bush said.

He said the strategic offensive reductions codified and made binding under international law in this treaty are "essential steps toward achieving greater political, economic, and security cooperation between our two countries."

The treaty, which calls on both countries to reduce their deployed nuclear arsenals to 1,700 to 2,200 warheads from about 6,000 each over the next decade, was ratified Thursday by a 95-0 vote in the 100-member Senate.

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