News

26 September 1997

TEXT: COMMUNIQUE ON THE SIGNING OF THE ABM TREATY DOCUMENTS

(U.S., Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine sign MOU) (140)



New York -- Representatives of the United States, the Russian
Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine signed statements
September 26 related to the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty.


Following is the text of the joint communique:



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The Secretary of State of the United States of America and the Foreign
Ministers of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, the
Republic of Kazakhstan, and Ukraine have just signed the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) on Succession to the ABM Treaty Between the United
States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. They
welcome the signature of three related documents by Representatives of
their respective Governments: First Agreed Statement Relating to the
ABM Treaty; Second Agreed Statement Relating to the ABM Treaty; a
Confidence-Building Measures Agreement, and the Regulations of the
Standing Consultative Commission.


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