15/06/03 12:00 Filed by Saswat Pattanayak in:
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One has heard of the SALT and NPT and the CTBT.
Here is yet another one: MTSOR.
Moscow Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions.
And the following is a lesser known joint statement
passed early this month:
On May 24, 2002, we pledged to build a new strategic
relationship between the United States of America and
the Russian Federation. We declared our partnership,
and our commitment to work together to advance
stability, security, and prosperity for our peoples,
and to work jointly to counter global challenges and
help resolve regional conflicts. We also declared
that where we had differences, we would work to
resolve them in a spirit of mutual respect.
We have met again to reaffirm our Nations’
partnership and our commitment to meet together the
challenges of the 21st century.
With the completion of the ratification procedures by
the United States Senate, and the two houses of the
Russian Federal Assembly, we have been able to
exchange instruments of ratification for the Moscow
Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions. The Treaty
takes effect immediately. The deep reductions of
strategic nuclear warheads that it codifies are
another indication of the transformed relationship
between our two countries.
We will intensify efforts to confront the global
threats of terrorism, and the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction and their means of
delivery, that threaten our peoples and
freedom-loving peoples around the world.
In this regard, we declare our intention to advance
concrete joint projects in the area of missile
defense which will help deepen relations between the
United States and Russia.
How long shall things stay on the paper? As long as
it results in Russian reductions….
Tags: Russia, USA, Saswat, War, Peace, Imperialism