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Obama seeks new start in sagging US-Russia ties
AP
Monday, July 06, 2009
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev end a seven-year hiatus in US-Russian summitry today, with each declaring
his determination to further cut nuclear arsenals and repair a badly damaged relationship.
Both sides appear to want to use progress on arms control as a pathway to possible agreement on trickier issues, including Iran and Georgia, the tiny former Soviet republic. Those difficulties and many others have soured a promising linkage in the first years after the Cold War and pushed ties between Moscow and Washington to depths unseen in more than two decades.
In advance of Obama's arrival, a White House official told reporters yesterday the presidents are expected to announce progress on negotiations that could lead to a treaty to replace the expiring START I agreement that expires December 5.
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