Jul 6th, 2009 | MOSCOW -- Russian news agencies are citing a top diplomat as saying President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign a "road map" for a future treaty to replace the START arms control agreement.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov is quoted as saying that the document, called a "a joint understanding on questions of the further cuts and limitations on strategic offensive weapons," will not contain details for the new treaty.
However, ITAR-Tass quotes Ryabkov as saying "we will receive a 'road map' for movement toward a future treaty."
U.S. negotiators have been trying to make progress before START expires in December.
The eventual deal could cut warheads from more than 2,000 each to as low as 1,500 apiece.
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