"The United States of America and the Russian Federation have implemented the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START Treaty) for seven years," the State Department said in a statement. "February 5, 2018 marks the date that the treaty's central limits on each country's strategic nuclear arsenal take effect. "On Thursday, Nauert had said that Washington had "no reason to believe" that Russia would not meet its goals. "Within the next month or so, both countries will exchange their data under the strategic nuclear arsenals, as we have done bilaterally under the treaty's terms for the last seven years," she said. "We hope each country will confirm the compliance of the other as soon as possible after this data exchange.

Source: Economic Times February 05, 2018 07:18 UTC