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| Russia and US renew nuclear talks | Russia and US renew nuclear talks |
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| Russia and the US are to reopen negotiations about reducing their nuclear warheads, presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama have said. | Russia and the US are to reopen negotiations about reducing their nuclear warheads, presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama have said. |
| The discussions will be the first such talks for more than a decade. | The discussions will be the first such talks for more than a decade. |
| Mr Obama said earlier there were very real differences between Washington and Moscow, but that there was also a broad set of common interests. | Mr Obama said earlier there were very real differences between Washington and Moscow, but that there was also a broad set of common interests. |
| The announcement came on the fringes of the G20 summit of world leaders which is convening in London. | The announcement came on the fringes of the G20 summit of world leaders which is convening in London. |
| Mr Medvedev has invited his American counterpart to visit Moscow in July - an invitation Mr Obama has accepted. | |
| Korea concerns | |
| In a joint statement, the two leaders said they had ordered nuclear negotiators to report first results in July. | |
| Mr Obama said the US and Russia would be in a much stronger position to strengthen the non-proliferation treaty if they were to lead by example and reduce their own nuclear arsenals. | |
| Their statement also called on Iran to co-operate with the UN nuclear watchdog and prove its nuclear programme is "peaceful" in nature. | |
| The two presidents also agreed to work together on Afghanistan and expressed concern about an upcoming North Korean rocket launch. | |
| World leaders are gathering in London to discuss ways to resolve the financial crisis, which Mr Obama has said was the most severe since World War II. |