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March
16, 1994
President Clinton and President Yeltsin, during their meeting in Moscow on January 14,1994, agreed that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems represents an acute threat to international security in the period following the end of the Cold War. They declared the resolve of their countries to cooperate actively and closely with each other, and also other interested states, for the purpose of preventing and reducing this threat. The Presidents agreed to establish a joint working group to consider steps to ensure the transparency and irreversibility of the process of reduction of nuclear weapons, including the possibility of putting a portion of fissionable materials under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards. Particular attention would be given to materials released in the process of nuclear disarmament and step to ensure that these materials would not be used again for nuclear weapons. In furtherance of the Presidents=
agreement, the Department of Energy and the Ministry of Atomic Energy of
the Russian Federation announced their intention to host reciprocal inspections
by the end of 1994 to facilities containing plutonium removed from nuclear
weapons. In preparation for these inspections, technical experts will meet
to define the procedures for inspecting plutonium that has been removed
from nuclear weapons. An initial meeting of technical experts will be held
within two months from this date. The two sides intend to conclude an agreement
on the means of confirming the plutonium and highly enriched uranium inventories
form nuclear disarmament. These inspections will be an important step in
the process of establishing a world-wide control regime for fissile materials.
Signed by Hazel R. O'Leary Signed by Viktor Mikhailov Source: URL: http://www.eia.doe.gov/gorec/gcc7.html
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