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Germany welcomes Obama-Medvedev arms-cut commitment
Jul 6, 2009, 17:22 GMT
Berlin - Germany welcomed Monday the US-Russian agreement in Moscow that there must be a follow-up treaty to the START disarmament pact.
In a statement issued by his office in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, 'Today there is a shared will to advance disarmament.'
He called for future disarmament to embrace 'sub-strategic' nuclear weapons. Steinmeier was in Jerusalem Monday meeting with Israeli leaders.
'This joint commitment is also a signal radiating out to North Korea and Iran,' he added. 'It means that security is not based on acquiring more arms.'
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