MOSCOW. Sept 3 (Interfax-AVN) - The next round of Russian-American consultations on a new strategic arms reduction treaty will be held in Geneva on September 21, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko has announced.
"The sides began discussing concrete wordings for the draft treaty" at the latest round in Geneva, Nesterenko said at a press briefing in Moscow.
The latest fifth round of consultations "was held in a constructive atmosphere," he said. The sides continued discussing the parameters of the future treaty "with a special accent put on the elements laid down in the Joint Understanding on Strategic Offensive Arms, signed by the Russian and U.S. presidents in Moscow on July 8, Nesterenko said.
Russian and American experts have set up working groups for holding specific discussions, he said. "The two delegations compared their positions on issues, entered on the agenda of their meetings with the prospect of preparing agreements by the deadline, set at the Russian- American summit," said Nesterenko.