Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be reached

Nov 7th, 2009 - Boston

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MOSCOW—Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says that Moscow and Washington can sign a new nuclear arms control deal before year's end.

Medvedev says the U.S.-Russian arms control talks have been going at a good pace. He told Der Spiegel magazine in remarks released by the Kremlin on Saturday that the two nations could sign a legally binding agreement by the end of the year.

Moscow and Washington are negotiating a successor deal to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty that expires on Dec. 5. The nuclear arms control talks have been a major part of efforts to overcome a strain in U.S.-Russian ties.

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