Both agree that these START-1 rules are now too costly and complex and can be simplified.

双方都同意，START - 1的这些规定对目前来说代价太过高昂且复杂，并且是能够将其简化的。

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Both America and Russia have declared a readiness to conclude a new legally binding treaty to replace their 1991 strategic arms reduction treaty (called START-1) which expires in December.

美俄都已经宣布，双方已准备好达成一项新的法律约束条约，以取代双方1991年签署并将于今年12月过期的战略性武器削减的条约(称之为start - 1：第一阶段削减战略武器条约)。

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The main events start at 1 p.m.

主赛项目下午1点开始。

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More than 1,000 pages long, START-1 is one of the most complex treaties in history, dealing with reducing nuclear weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

The agreement to be signed Thursday replaces the START-1 treaty, which U.S.President George H.W.Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed in 1991.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

For the past several years, Russian and American officials have been trying to agree on a post-START-1 arrangement - but with little progress.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

START-1 nuclear-arms-cutting deal will be used to show that the unilateral cuts are going ahead as promised.

ECONOMIST: Rock-solid allies? No. But certainly enemies no longer

When Start-2 was first negotiated, cutting each side's weapons from Start-1's 6, 500 to 3, 000-3, 500 looked like real progress.

ECONOMIST: Disarming again

The two countries announced on Wednesday that they had slashed their stockpile to levels set by the START-1 treaty, signed by Washington and Moscow in 1991, to 5, 518, well below the ceiling of 6, 000 established by the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty.

CNN: Powell in Berlin after Moscow talks