TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION ON MEASURES FOR THE FURTHER REDUCTION AND
LIMITATION OF STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE ARMS
The United States of America and the Russian Federation,
hereinafter referred to as the Parties,
Believing that global challenges and threats require new
approaches to interaction across the whole range of their
strategic relations,
Working therefore to forge a new strategic relationship
based on mutual trust, openness, predictability, and
cooperat ion,
Desiring to bring their respective nuclear postures into
alignment with this new relationship, and endeavoring to
reduce further the role and importance of nuclear weapons,
Committed to the fulfillment of their obligations under
Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons of July 1, 1968, and to the achievement of the
historic goal of freeing humanity from the nuclear threat,
Expressing strong support for on-going global efforts in
non-proliferation,
Seeking to preserve continuity in, and provide new impetus
to, the step-by-step process of reducing and limiting nuclear
arms while maintaining the safety and security of their
nuclear arsenals, and with a view to expanding this process in
the future, including to a multilateral approach,
Guided by the principle of indivisible security and
convinced that measures for the reduction and limitation of
strategic offensive arms and the other obligations set forth
in this Treaty will enhance predictability and stability, and
thus the security of both Parties,
