Putin’s talks with Rice on Iraq and the Middle East
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks Saturday in Moscow with Condoleezza Rice, the Advisor of U.S. President George W. Bush’s national security, the situations in Iraq and the Middle East.
Putin and Rice exchanged views on various aspects of Russian-American cooperation and key international issues, including situations in Iraq and the Middle East, reported Russian news agencies quoting Alexei Gromov, Press secretary of Mr. Putin.
agencies Itar-Tass and Interfax reported citing an unidentified Kremlin that Ms. Rice had sent a letter from President Bush to Putin. The official did not elaborate on the contents of the letter.
After this interview, Ms. Rice met separately with the chief of presidential staff Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov and the secretary of the National Security Council Igor Ivanov.
spokesman of the Russian Government, Alexander Zharov, told local media that Fradkov and Rice had discussed a wide range of issues concerning economic relations between the two countries.
Encountering between Mr. Ivanov and Secretary Rice has “a deep exchange of opinions on the current state and development prospects of Russian-US relations,” said a statement from National Security Council Russian.
Ivanov and Rice “discussed the developing situation in Iraq, the Middle East and Afghanistan, declaring their willingness to further coordination of efforts by Russian and American interests in the political resolution of this crisis” , the council said.
The two sides also discussed strengthening the mechanism for non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, according to Interfax.
Rice, who arrived in Moscow on Friday, will travel to Berlin on Sunday.
(Xinhua)
普京与赖斯会谈，就伊拉克和中东
俄罗斯总统普京在莫斯科举行会谈时赖斯，在美国总统布什顾问布什的国家安全，伊拉克局势和中东地区。
普京和赖斯的各个方面交换了俄罗斯，美国合作和重大国际问题上，包括在伊拉克局势和中东的看法，俄罗斯新闻机构报道援引阿列克谢格罗莫夫，新闻秘书普京。
机构塔斯社和国际文传电讯报道引述未具名克里姆林宫，赖斯派遣了一个由美国总统布什对普京的信。这位官员没有透露信的内容。
这次采访后，赖斯分别会见了梅德韦杰夫总统的工作人员，总理弗拉德科夫和国家安全委员会秘书伊万诺夫长。
俄罗斯政府，亚历山大Zharov，发言人告诉当地媒体说，弗拉德科夫和赖斯讨论了关于两国经贸关系的广泛问题。
与伊万诺夫先生和美国国务卿赖斯遭遇了“深刻的意见交流的现状和发展前景的俄罗斯中美关系，”一位来自俄罗斯的国家安全委员会的声明。
伊万诺夫和赖斯“讨论了伊拉克局势的发展，中东和阿富汗，宣称他们愿意向在这次危机的政治解决，俄罗斯和美国的利益努力，进一步协调” ，该委员会说。
双方还讨论了加强对核不扩散机制的大规模杀伤性武器扩散，据国际文传电讯。
赖斯，谁在上周五抵达莫斯科，将前往柏林在周日。
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