13 May 2002
Bush Announces U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Reduction Agreement
(Signing at Moscow summit; says pact liquidates legacy of Cold War")
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President Bush announced May 13 that the United States and Russia had
agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals to the range of 1,700 to 2,200
warheads, and that he would sign the agreement during his summit with
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow at the end of this month.
Following is a transcript of Bush's remarks:
(begin transcript)
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
May 13, 2002
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT UPON DEPARTURE
The South Lawn
8:32 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.
THE PRESS: Good morning.
THE PRESIDENT: Today I'm pleased to announce that the United States
and Russia have agreed to a treaty which will substantially reduce our
nuclear arsenals to the agreed-upon range of 1,700 to 2,200 warheads.
This treaty will liquidate the legacy of the Cold War.
When I sign the treaty with President Putin in Russia, it will begin
the new era of U.S.-Russian relationships. And that's important. The
new era will be a period of enhanced mutual security, economic
security, and improved relations.
I look forward to going to Moscow to sign this treaty. It is -- it
will be the culmination of a lot of months of hard work, and a
relationship built on mutual trust that I established with President
Putin in Slovenia.
This is good news for the American people today. It'll make the world
more peaceful, and put behind us the Cold War once and for all.
Thank you all.
END 8:34 A.M. EDT
(end transcript)
(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)
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