NATO AS Didesak Sahkan Perjanjian START / NATO U.S. Urged Passed by the START Treaty

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AS Didesak Sahkan Perjanjian START

LISABON, KOMPAS.com - Enam negara eropa sekutu Washington telah mendesak para anggota parlemen Amerika Serikat untuk mensahkan perjanjian senjata nuklir START dengan Rusia secara cepat.

Negara-negara ini memperingatkan, kegagalan untuk mensahkan perjanjian itu akan menimbulkan risiko keamanan di Eropa.

Perjanjian itu - yang telah ditandatangani Presiden Rusia Dmitry Medvedev dan Presiden AS Barack Obama April lalu - membatasi masing-masing negara menjadi maksimal dizinkan mengerahkan 1.550 hulu ledak, ada pengurangan sekitar 30 persen dari pembatasan yang ditetapkan pada 2002.

Para menteri luar negeri Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegia, Hungaria, Denmark dan Bulgaria mendukung permintaan Presiden Barak Obama kepada para senator agar mensahkan perjanjian itu.


"Benar-benar penting bagi kami untuk mendesakkan hal itu bagi kami, sungguh keamanan Eropa yang dipertaruhkan," kata Menlu Denmark Lene Espersen, Sabtu (20/11/2010).

"Jika perjanjian START tidak diratifikasi, akan ada kemunduran nyata bagi keamanan Eropa. Oleh karena itu, kami minta dan mengharapkan agar Kongres AS akan dapat mengesahkan perjanjian START secepat mungkin," katanya.

Perjanjian Pengurangan Senjata Strategis (START) itu akan menggantikan perjanjian sebelumnya, yang telah habis masa berlakunya pada Desember 2009 dan juga meminta pengesahan majelis rendah Rusia, Duma.
(NATOU.S. Urged Passed by the START Treaty
Lisbon, KOMPAS.com - Six European countries were allies of Washington has urged U.S. lawmakers to ratify the START nuclear arms treaty with Russia quickly.
These countries warned, failure to ratify the agreement would lead to security risks in Europe.
The agreement - which was signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama last April - to limit each country to be allowed a maximum of 1550 deployed warheads, there is a reduction of about 30 percent of the restrictions set out in 2002.
The foreign ministers of Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Hungary, Denmark and Bulgaria support the request of President Barak Obama told the senators to ratify the treaty.
"It's really important for us to push it for us, truly European security at stake," said Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen, Saturday (20/11/2010).
"If the START treaty is not ratified, there will be a real setback for European security. Therefore, we ask and expect for the U.S. Congress can ratify the START treaty as quickly as possible," he said.
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) that will replace the previous agreement, which expired in December 2009 and also asked the lower house of Russia's ratification, Duma.)