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Lavrov denies any secret nuclear agreements with US

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-10-22 17:14

MOSCOW - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared Thursday there were no additional secret agreements between Russia and the United States over the new strategic arms reduction treaty (new START) and its supplements.

"I can only tell you one thing: everything we had agreed on is fixed in the treaty and in the ample appendixes to this treaty. This is an open document," he told a Thursday press conference.

Lavrov's remarks came following US media reports that a group of US senators demanded Secretary of State Hillary Clinton disclose "certain secret documents" related to the new START.

Moscow and Washington signed the new START on April 8, 2010 in Prague, which calls for a big cut in nuclear weapons from both sides.