(국제) 미-러시아 제2차 핵감축
(국제) 미-러시아 제2차 핵감축
Receiving a red carpet welcome in Prague, President Obama returned to the Czech Capital, the site of his major address on nuclear policy a year ago. “The existence of thousands of nuclear weapons is the most dangerous legacy of the cold war.” To signing a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with the world’s only other nuclear super power Russia.
Hosted by Czech President Klaus, President Obama, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
posed for photos and put pen to paper. “While the new START(Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) Treaty is an important first step forward, it is just one step on a longer journey. As I said last year in Prague, this treaty will set the stage for further cuts.”
The treaty limits deployed nuclear warheads to 1,550 total for each country, a cut of 30% from the last treaty in 2002. Long-range nuclear weapons are limited to 700 for each country. Combined, the two countries account for 90% of the world's nuclear weapons with seven other countries accounting for the other 10%. Experts say this treaty will only be a success if it leads to the Russians agreeing to even more cuts.
Today’s historic agreement is another series of nuclear reductions between the former cold war adversaries적 dating back decades. Of course nuclear weapons isn’t the only issue between the two countries. What to do about Iran’s nuclear ambitions was also on the agenda. “The United States and Russia are part of a coalition of nations insisting that the Islamic republic of Iran face consequences because they have….. continually failed to meet their obligations의무.”
And now both Presidents are participating in a joint news conference here in Prague and in fact
the first question was about…. the biggest sticking point난제 in this negotiations… missile defense and it looks like both Presidents agree that they would continue those negotiations… where would the US build missile defense shield and whether that would lead to actually further reductions in tactical nuclear weapons전략핵무기 on the Russian side which of course is what places like here in the Czech Republic fear, Matt? All right, Chuck Todd for us in Prague this morning. Chuck, thank you very much.
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