OREANDA-NEWS. March 15, 2010. The two leaders continued what has become a regular exchange of views on progress in the final stage of drafting a new strategic arms reduction treaty.

Both presidents said they were happy with the high level of agreement reached on the draft treaty’s main provisions and declared that talk can now begin on specific dates for the draft treaty to be submitted to them for signature. Mr Medvedev and Mr Obama agreed to give additional instructions in this respect to the delegations at the talks, and also discussed plans for upcoming bilateral contacts.

The two presidents also looked at Russian-American cooperation on current international issues.