The talks in Rome, attended by midlevel officials from both sides, will see work begin on a new pact to replace the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) Photo: REUTERSUS, Russia Discuss New Nuclear Arms Control Treaty -- Yahoo News/AFP
ROME (AFP) – Russian and US diplomats began talks Friday in Rome aimed at replacing a landmark Cold War-era nuclear arms control treaty, a US embassy spokeswoman said.
It was the first contact between the two sides since US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev pledged last month to seek a successor agreement to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) by the time it expires in December.
The spokeswoman said that at the end of the short "technical" meeting the negotiators had agreed to resume talks in Washington some time in May.
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