雅思阅读材料：梅德韦杰夫对美核政策表示欢迎_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读材料：梅德韦杰夫对美核政策表示欢迎

　　2010年，美国国会刚刚通过对俄罗斯的核武器减少的相关条约，随后俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫就对美国的政策表示了欢迎，这是怎么回事呢？

　　MPs in Russia could approve a new strategic arms reduction treaty with the US as early as tomorrow after President Dmitry Medvedev welcomed the pact.

　　The countrys overwhelmingly pro-Kremlin parliament is likely to push the agreement through swiftly, despite doubts over Washingtons desire to station a missile defence shield in Europe.

　　Medvedevs office said today he was pleased to learn that the United States Senate has ratified the Start Treaty and expressed hope that the State Duma and the Federation Council will be ready to consider this issue shortly and to ratify the document.

　　The US Senate voted 71 to 26 in favour of the treaty yesterday, despite expectations that Republican members might try to block its passage.

　　The speaker of the State Duma, Boris Gryzlov, said the Kremlin-controlled United Russia party, which dominates the chamber, was ready to approve the treaty at a parliamentary session scheduled tomorrow.

　　The speaker of the Federation Council, Sergei Mironov, said he could push it through the same day.

　　Under New Start, as the agreement is called, strategic nuclear warheads deployed by each country will be reduced to 1,550 within seven years. Deployed missile launchers would be cut to 700.