Then there's the commitment in the statement to enterinto the type of discussions, meaningful discussions with de Chastelaine about the ways in which decommissioning might take place, the modalities if we want to call it that.
The commitment, announced at the same time, to enterinto negotiations on short-range nuclear forces (SNF) a diplomatic black hole for the Western alliance in whose defense strategy such weapons continue to play an important part.
Today, we reaffirmed our commitment to work to ratify this treaty as soon as possible so it can enterinto force and set the stage for further cuts and cooperation.