CIS:Russia hopes to close 'difficult pages' in US ties: Medvedev
Mon Jul 6 22:31:16 EST 2009
MOSCOW, July 6 AFP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told visiting US President Barack Obama on Monday he hoped that their summit would close difficult pages in US-Russian relations.
"We hope that as a result of today's work, tomorrow's work and all our bilateral discussions we will close the difficult pages in the history of US-Russian relations and open a new page," Medvedev told Obama at the start of their talks in the Kremlin.
The US president earlier arrived in his first visit as president to Russia on Monday for a two-day summit aimed at agreeing a roadmap to nuclear arms cuts and reviving a relationship troubled by a string of crises.
Obama said: "If we work hard during these next few days then we will make extraordinary progress that will benefit the people of both countries."
