TBO.com - TBO is Tampa Bay Online

Moscow Meeting To Pare Warheads

ADVERTISEMENT

The Tampa Tribune

Published: April 2, 2009

President Barack Obama will travel to Moscow in July, part of what he and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, are calling a fresh start in strained relations between the powers.

"Over the last several years the relationship between our two countries has been allowed to drift," Obama said after meeting him for the first time. "And what I believe we've begun today is a very constructive dialogue that will allow us to work on issues of mutual interest."

During their session at the U.S. ambassador's residence in London, the two leaders agreed to negotiate a new treaty reducing their nuclear arsenals, to try to persuade Iran not to develop its own nuclear weapons and to cooperate on other issues such as the threat from al-Qaida in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

McClatchy-Tribune

Share this:

Loading Comments...

Email Print

ADVERTISEMENT