04 December 2009

Joint Statement by Presidents Obama, Medvedev on START Treaty

Countries will continue to work in spirit of treaty after its expiration

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
December 04, 2009

Joint Statement by the President of the United States of America and the President of the Russian Federation on the Expiration of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)

Recognizing our mutual determination to support strategic stability between the United States of America and the Russian Federation, we express our commitment, as a matter of principle, to continue to work together in the spirit of the START Treaty following its expiration, as well as our firm intention to ensure that a new treaty on strategic arms enter into force at the earliest possible date.