The Russian government has studied the new Russian-U.S. strategic arms treaty and recommended that the Russian president submit it to parliament for ratification.
The new arms treaty, signed on April 8 in Prague, replaces the 1991 pact that expired in December. The deal is expected to bring Moscow and Washington to a new level of cooperation in the field of nuclear disarmament and arms control.
The U.S. and Russian presidents earlier agreed that the ratification processes should be simultaneous.
The treaty stipulates that the number of nuclear warheads be reduced to 1,550 on each side over seven years, while the number of delivery vehicles, both deployed and non-deployed, must not exceed 800.
MOSCOW, May 27 (RIA Novosti)
