[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 29 (Monday, July 24, 2000)]
[Pages 1658-1659]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Russia-United States Joint Statement on Cooperation on Strategic 
Stability

July 21, 2000

    The United States and Russia underscore that continued strengthening 
of global stability and international security is one of the most 
important tasks today. The Joint Statement on Principles of Strategic 
Stability, adopted in Moscow on June 4, 2000, establishes a constructive 
basis for progress in further reducing nuclear weapons arsenals, 
preserving and strengthening the ABM Treaty and confronting new 
challenges to international security.
    The United States and Russia have begun intensified discussions on 
the earliest entry into force of the START II Treaty, on further 
reductions in strategic forces within the framework of a future START 
III Treaty and on ABM issues.
    The United States and Russia are dedicated to the search for new 
ways of cooperation to control the spread of missiles and missile 
technology. They will work together on a new mechanism to supplement the 
Missile Technology Control Regime. This mechanism would integrate the 
Russian proposal for a Global Monitoring System, the U.S. proposal for a 
missile code of conduct, as well as the mechanisms of the Missile 
Technology Control Regime, which the United States and Russia will 
continue to strengthen. They are prepared to expand their discussions of 
issues related to the threat of proliferation of missiles and missile 
technology.
    The United States and Russia reaffirm their commitment to the Treaty 
on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as the foundation of the 
international nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament regime. 
They will work to ensure early entry into force of the Comprehensive 
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and seek to expand cooperation related 
to the CTBT to promote mutually beneficial technical exchanges that will 
facilitate implementation of the CTBT after its entry into force.
    Broadening their cooperation for the purpose of strengthening 
stability, the United States and Russia will apply their efforts toward 
creating, and placing into operation within the year, a joint U.S.-
Russian center

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for exchange of data from early warning systems and notification of 
launches. They will seek to complete work on an agreement on pre-launch 
notification for launches of ballistic missiles and space launch 
vehicles, and on principles for opening this system to the voluntary 
participation of all interested countries.
    The United States and Russia are prepared to renew and expand their 
cooperation in the area of theater missile defenses, and consider the 
possibility of involving other states.
    The Presidents of the United States and Russia have agreed that 
officials will meet in the near future to coordinate their activities in 
this area.
    Russia and the United States call upon the other nations of the G-8 
and all other nations of the world to unite their efforts to strengthen 
strategic stability.

 Note: An original was not available for verification of the content of 
this joint statement.