U.S., Russia begin arms talks
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MOSCOW — Russian and U.S. negotiators sat down for difficult nuclear arms control talks Tuesday amid hopes that warming relations could help them reach an agreement seen as essential for global stability.
The negotiating teams gathered at a Foreign Ministry mansion for two days of talks to replace the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
START I expires Dec. 5, threatening to end formal controls on the size of the world’s biggest nuclear arsenals. The two countries possess more than 90% of the world’s nuclear weapons.
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