30/11/2010 (Agence Europe) -Ashton supports ratification of START treaty. On Tuesday 30 November, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton made clear her support for ratification of the new strategic arms reduction treaty (START) signed between the United States and Russia on 8 April. Ratification is by no means a foregone conclusion with Republican elected representatives still opposing it. The United States and Russia, “which possess 95 % of the global stockpile of...