SERGEY LAVROV AND HILLARY CLINTON DISCUSS KARABAKH PROBLEM

ArmInfo
2010-03-19 14:38:00

ArmInfo. Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton met on March 18 in Moscow.

As Russian Foreign Ministry’s site reports, the parties held a thematic
opinion exchange on the situation in Karabakh settlement.

Moreover, key moments of the practical efforts being currently made on
development of the whole complex of the Russian-American relations
were discussed. In view of this, special attention was paid to
intensification of the work of the Russian- American presidential
commission, as well as focusing of its activity on significant
practical projects of the Russian-American cooperation.

S. Lavrov and H. Clinton marked considerable progress reached at
bilateral negotiations on the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
in Geneva, as well as discussed the issues related to the final
completion of the draft Treaty to prepare it for signing. The parties
emphasized the interest in continuation of bilateral interaction on the
track of non-distribution, including in the context of the upcoming
summit on nuclear safety in Washington. A detailed analysis of the
situation being developed around the Iranian nuclear programme was
made. The parties also discussed other elements of the international
agenda. In particular, they confirmed the interest in development of
the Russian-American cooperation within the frames of stabilization
efforts in Afghanistan, as well as in the interests of counteraction
to the Afghan drug threat.