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John Kerry: the process is that it goes from us under any circumstances, if we have acted on it, to the Government of Russia. The…

On the recordDecember 17, 2010
the process is that it goes from us under any circumstances, if we have acted on it, to the Government of Russia. The Government of Russia makes the decision as to whether they are going to negotiate and whether it is a substantive kind of change they object to. They may refuse to put it to the Duma or they may want to renegotiate it. It opens it up to renegotiation. It is not automatic. They don't have to send it to the Duma. They can sit on it.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts
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govinfo.gov
Dec 17, 2010

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Kerry discusses the negotiation process with the Government of Russia regarding agreements.

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