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U.S.-Russian Nuclear Group Did Not Meet Last Year
A U.S.-Russian nuclear weapons working group, established after the two countries signed the 2002 Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty, failed to meet last year, according to an article in the January/February issue of Arms Control Today (see GSN, Dec. 21, 2004). The working group, which could meet later this month, was established through the U.S.-Russian Consultative Group for Strategic Security, which is headed by the U.S. and Russian foreign and defense ministers and is intended to resolve nuclear weapons issues not addressed by the treaty, according to Arms Control Today. In addition to the idle group intended improve the two sides’ understanding of their nuclear weapon deployments, a separate group was created on missile defense cooperation. The United States and Russia, though, have different intentions for the planned meeting of the transparency group. Washington wants to discuss increasing personnel exchanges and briefings, as well as Russia’s tactical nuclear arsenal; Moscow wants to discuss topics such as heavy bomber deployments, submarine operations and sea-launched cruise missile limits, Arms Control Today reported (Wade Boese, Arms Control Today, January/February 2005).
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