Why was the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty also called the Moscow Treaty?

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Strategic Arms Reduction Talks U.S. Pres. Barack Obama talking with Russian Pres. Dmitry Medvedev, just before the two leaders issued a joint statement about their continued cooperation on the New START Treaty, December 4, 2009.

The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) is frequently referred to as the Moscow Treaty because it was signed in Moscow on May 24, 2002, by U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin.1