UK: US, Russia must cut nuclear stockpiles
The United States, Russia and other nuclear states must resume efforts to cut their stockpiles or risk undermining support for curbing Iran and North Korea's atomic ambitions, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said on Monday.
"Our efforts on nonproliferation will be dangerously undermined if others believe... that the nuclear weapon states have abandoned any commitment to disarmament," Beckett said. The expiration of US- Russia arms control deals, the continued existence of large arsenals and stalemates on weapons treaties highlight the absence of a plan for moving forward, she said. (Reuters)
