The lower house of the Russian Parliament is scheduled to begin discussions on ratifying the new U.S.-Russian nuclear arms treaty tomorrow, according to Interfax (see GSN, June 7).

A document assessing the treaty, which the Russian State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee has prepared, will be presented to legislators, Interfax reported.  The rapid creation of additional agreements on transparency and predictability of arms reductions will be vital to Russian ratification of the treaty, the document says.  It also reiterates Russia’s opposition to the U.S. withdrawal of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (see related GSN story, today).  The new arms reduction treaty, however, helps reduce the damage caused by the U.S. withdrawal, the document says.

Work continues on the document and some of the clauses may be altered before it is presented to the Duma, according to sources on the Foreign Affairs Committee (Interfax, June 10 in FBIS-SOV, June 10).

For further information, see:

Moscow Treaty Text (U.S. State Department)

Bush Announces Treaty

U.S. State Department Fact Sheet on Arms Reduction Treaty

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