Lavrov, I guess, said looks like some type of progress. Where are we?
MR. KELLY: Let me give you kind of a brief update on it. You know that the two presidents have set the goal of completing the discussions on the treaty by the end of this year. I know that our negotiating team and the Russian negotiating team are working extremely hard to finish this treaty. They still have that goal of finishing their work by the end of the year. For our part, of course, our real priority here is to get a good treaty that meets our national security interests. Those kinds of interests include obligations in the treaty that are appropriate to the strategic environment now, that mutually enhances both parties and – that enhances the security of both parties, and enhances the security of the region and the world. We want to have more predictability and stability in our nuclear relationship, and we also want provisions in this accord that ensure effective verification of the treaty’s obligations. I think at this point, this is something that you see towards the end of any
