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disarmament a distant dream, admits Medvedev  Total disarmament
a distant dream, admits Medvedev  December 22, 2010 22:44 IST
Russia on Wednesday acknowledged that total nuclear disarmament
was not possible in the near future, but called for a global
consensus on the issue.  "In near future, total disarmament is
impossible. We need to exercise special efforts for that,"
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interaction with
the students of IIT-Bombay.  The visiting President was replying
to a question on whether total nuclear disarmament is possible.
Citing the example of the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
signed on April 8 this year to limit deployment of nuclear
warheads, he said American lawmakers were yet to ratify it.  "We
have signed the START with the United States. My colleague Obama
is trying to convince lawmakers to ratify it. If they do not
ratify, we will also not ratify