Russian and U.S. senators will hold meetings...

The new treaty will replace the START 1 treaty, which expired in December 2009, and is expected to bring Moscow and Washington to a new level of cooperation in the areas of nuclear disarmament and arms control.

"We are planning to hold two meetings from April 20-21 after the nuclear summit in Washington," said Mikhail Margelov, head of the international affairs committee in the upper house of the Russian parliament.

Another Russian lawmaker said that the lower house of the Russian parliament would most likely ratify the new treaty during its fall session this year.

"My prediction is we will not be able to ratify the document in summer, but will most likely do it during the fall session," said Konstantin Kosachev, who heads the foreign affairs committee of the lower chamber of the Russian parliament, the State Duma.

The new strategic arms pact stipulates that the number of nuclear warheads is to be reduced to 1,550 on each side, while the number of operational

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