26 Jan 2021 22:06

Russia, U.S. exchange notes of agreement to extend New START - Kremlin

MOSCOW. Jan 26 (Interfax) - The United States and Russia on Tuesday exchanged diplomatic notes of reaching an agreement to extend the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START); the two countries' presidents expressed their satisfaction in a telephone conversation, the Kremlin said.

"The presidents expressed their satisfaction with today's exchange of the diplomatic notes of having reached an agreement to extend the New START," the statement said.

"Over the next few days the two sides will finalize all procedures necessary for further functioning of this important mechanism of international law on the mutual limitation of nuclear missile arsenals," the statement said.