Presidents Dmitri Medvedev and Barack Obama have signed a strategic arms reduction treaty during a meeting in Prague. In comparison with
the Moscow Treaty of 2002, the sides agreed to a reduction of a third of total of nuclear weapons (as opposed to the former agreement, which
was a fixed amount of 1700-2200 for each side). Moreover, Russia and US will reduce the upper limit of strategic delivery weapons.
According to Barack Obama, the presidents also decided to continue negotiations on PRO, including mutual sharing of information and threat level estimation.
The US president said during the press conference that the new treaty draws a line under the era of misunderstanding between the two countries. "Through mutual efforts we have put an end to the period of mutual misunderstanding", said Obama. He also added that both countries are working out sanctions that can be imposed on Iran.
