The Russian and U.S. leaders, Dmitry Medvedev...
arms reduction agreement.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the U.S. and Russia, who possess more than 90% of the world"s nuclear weapons, have no need to protect their nations with "such large arsenals."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the new treaty will be submitted to parliaments for ratification "immediately after being signed."
Mikhail Margelov, who heads the international affairs committee of the Federation Council, the Russian parliament"s upper house, said the two presidents requested that the national parliaments ratify the document "simultaneously."
A working group session of Russia"s Federation Council and the U.S. Senate to discuss the ratification of the deal will be held on April 19-21 in Washington.
"I hope that at this meeting we will be able to coordinate our ratification schedule," Margelov said.
The Russian senator also said the ratification was unlikely to take place within a month.