START-2 Ratification Priority in Russian-U.S. Dialogue
Moscow ITAR-TASS
in English 1239 GMT 4 Apr 95
[FBIS Transcribed Text] Moscow April 4 TASS -- "The
ratification of the Treaty on the Limitation and Reduction of
Strategic Offensive Weapons (START-2) and the perpetuation of
the ABM agreement are among the priorities of the Russo-American
political dialogue," Nikita Matkovskiy, representative of the
Russian Foreign Ministry's information and press directorate,
said here today.
"The emergence of strike space weapons, the development of
which is urged today by some, putting it mildly, irresponsible
people in the United States, would endanger the process of
nuclear disarmament," the diplomat said. Hence, the Russian
Foreign Ministry deems it necessary to secure the urgent
ratification of the START-2 treaty and the perpetuation of the
ABM agreement.
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