New treaty between two giant countries took effect on Saturday February 6, 2011. United States-Russia Treaty for nuclear arms control is President Barack Obama key foreign policy goal to shelter and to raise hopes among officials between two parties that will provide impetus for Washington and Moscow open negotiation in nuclear reduction.
NEW START Treaty is the first major overhaul of disarmament deal of nuclear since Cold War era. Russia permits and ratified the treaty in which President Obama pushed powerfully in the course of winning approval by the US Senate last December.
President Barack Obama’s vision for the world is to totally control the nuclear weapons. After exchanging papers of ratification with Servey Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister and Hillary Rodham Clinton US Secretary of State in Munich during conference in the sidelines of an international security conference said “the New Start Treaty marks a very significant progress towards the vision of President Obama”.
“We hope to accomplish the vision and to become continuously progressive we need to partner with Russia” said Hillary Rodham Clinton. “By practicing cooperation we can properly address and immediately settle every difference that possibly hinders our goal for global security” she said.
“Coordinated efforts” were indispensable in missile defense. The two countries can build upon new treaty in different areas and must be open for negotiation to formulate strategic planning for nuclear weapon reductions, suggested Sergei Ivanov Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.
“We are preparing for any discussion with regards to this very complex issue in the structure of wide-ranging approach to strategic stability,” he said.
Putting into consideration the importance of any hypothetical consultation on strategic nuclear weapons not only in the arsenal of Russia or United States nuclear but in all weapon systems of nuclear entrance as well “he said.
The 10 year NEW START Treaty but extendable into another 5 years is a foundation of President Obama’s effort to “reset” the relationship between Russia and US, and Clinton calling it “Milestone in our tactical partnership.”
After the treaty come to its effect Clinton told to a reporter “The most worried matter over many years ago when it comes to the point that one would unleash nuclear destruction – this time we take another chance to guarantee that it would never come to memory of pushing it again,”.
“Russia and United States are both responsible for the security of the whole world,” said Servey Lavrov.
NEW START or the “Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty” was originally proposed by the United State by President Ronald Reagan which came into effect in 1994. The NEW START comes prior to the 100th birth anniversary of President Reagan.
Last year the negotiation of the NEW START comes out with the limits of 1,550 strategic warheads decreased from 2,200 and limits also the number of deployed strategic launchers and 700 of heavy bombers.
Agreement in monitoring system was re-established since it was expired in Dec. 2009. Under the NEW START Treaty conducting onsite inspection beginning 60-days from the time of the treaty comes into effect was approved.