Duma international committee to propose repeal of START ratification recommendation - Kosachyov

MOSCOW. Nov 3 (Interfax) - The State Duma Committee on International Affairs is due to decide today to repeal its earlier recommendation to the house to ratify the strategic arms reductions treaty (START) so as to start studying this process again, committee head Konstantin Kosachyov told Interfax.

"I think today we will repeal the recommendation to the State Duma adopted by the committee on July 8 to ratify the New START Treaty so as to reconsider this matter," Kosachyov said.