Russia 110217 Basic Political Developments
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- U.S., Russia to begin data exchange under New START in March - official
- Russian specialists to inspect U.S. nuclear missiles
- U.S. to expand civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia - official
Biden to visit Russiahttp://english.ruvr.ru/2011/02/17/44732084.html Feb 17, 2011 08:25 Moscow Time The upcoming dates of this spring's visit by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden have finally been set. They will visit Finland, Russia and Moldova during the week beginning March 7, 2011, says an official announcement by the White House. In Moscow, Joe Biden will continue the work of "resetting" US-Russian relations, with an emphasis on ensuring the continued prosperity of both countries. Previously it was reported that Biden's visit would take place in preparation for an official visit to Russia by Barack Obama.
The United States and Russia will hold their first information exchange on nuclear stockpiles under the New START treaty on March 22, a U.S. assistant secretary of state said. The previous such exchange between the world's largest nuclear powers was held in July 2009, when the START 1 agreement was still in force, said Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance. Under the new arms control deal, which replaces the expired START 1 agreement, the sides are to hold their first information exchange within 45 days after it came into force on February 5. Data exchanges are to be held every six months. The treaty will provide the U.S. with a "comprehensive picture about lifecycle of Russian strategic forces," and the Russian side "will have the same," Gottemoeller said. "Notifications of this treaty will be much more extensive in the number of ways and details. One particular feature of the notification is more details than in past," the U.S. official added. "We will be using a unique identifying number to sign each missile, sea launcher, intercontinental missile, groundbase system or bomber," she went on. "They will have unique identifier that will be included in all notifications about their movement, deployment status." She also said that the U.S. prepares for a visit by Russian inspectors to its nuclear objects, which is to be held in April. The new treaty on strategic arms reduction, signed in April by the presidents of Russia and the United States, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, trims nuclear arsenals of both nations to a maximum of 1,550 nuclear warheads, down from the current ceiling of 2,200. The treaty was ratified by the parliaments of the two states late last year. MOSCOW, February 17 (RIA Novosti) Russian specialists to inspect U.S. nuclear missileshttp://english.ruvr.ru/2011/02/17/44740142.html Feb 17, 2011 10:12 Moscow Time A group of Russian military specialists will be visiting nuclear missiles sites in the United States shortly as part of mutual inspections tours stipulated by the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. It was signed last April and came into force on February 5. The new START commits both sides to regularly exchanging data about the number and location of their nuclear warheads. A White House spokeswoman has said the inspections could begin in April.
The United States will continue to expand its civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia, including reactor development and security of radioactive materials, a top U.S. nuclear official told RIA Novosti. Thomas D'Agostino, U.S. Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and also head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, said the two states have been having "wonderful cooperation" on the issue. "Relations with [Russian state nuclear corporation] Rosatom and whole Russian nuclear establishment have been fantastic," he said. "Nothing but great things I could say about relations with Russia. Because of we recognize the importance having and maintaining the security of materials." The U.S. official told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of a nuclear conference that ties would continue to improve as the 123 Agreement moves forward. The long-stalled U.S.-Russian Agreement for Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, also known as the U.S.-Russia 123 Agreement, signed for 30 years, came into force on January 11. It lays legal framework for cooperation in nuclear research, production and trade, and both sides see it as contribution to non-proliferation regime. "As you probably know our Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman met [Rosatom head] Sergey Kirienko and we continue very active relationship and dialog. That's the forum in the nuclear security space, there we work together both in reactor development and in all the security issues, and we move forward," D'Agostino said He said the creation of bilateral commissions on different aspects of nuclear energy "has allowed a very active dialog" between Russian and U.S. officials. The U.S. has agreements, similar to the 123 Agreement, with many other states, but the deal with Russia was long been stalled over political controversies. The agreement with Moscow was submitted to Congress by former President George W. Bush but recalled following Russia's armed conflict with Georgia in August 2008. It was resubmitted by President Barack Obama in May 2010 in a bid to "reset" relations with Russia. WASHINGTON, February 17 (RIA Novosti)
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