HILLARY CLINTON TO DEPART FOR MOSCOW, MEET WITH SENIOR RUSSIAN OFFICIALS

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, accompanied by US Special
Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell, will depart for Moscow on
Wednesday for a two-day visit.

In Moscow, Clinton will participate in a meeting of the Quartet with UN
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov,
and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton, as well as
Quartet Representative Tony Blair, to discuss efforts to promote Middle
East peace, according to the US Department of State official website.

The Secretary will also meet with senior Russian officials to discuss
progress on a successor agreement to Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
(START), cooperation on nonproliferation, counterterrorism, regional
security issues, and the work of the Bilateral Presidential Commission.

On the eve of her visit, Clinton said she expected a new US-Russia
nuclear arms reduction treaty to be inked soon, reports RTT News.

"I’m optimistic that we’ll be able to complete this agreement soon,"
Clinton said in an interview with Russian magazine The New Times
published on Monday.