‘Signals from Obama are positive’ – Medvedev
Published: 10 March, 2009, 15:44
TAGS: Meeting, Medvedev, UK, Obama
President Dmitry Medvedev is going to discuss non-proliferation, the fight against terrorism and the global economic crisis at his first talks with Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit in London.
Medvedev made the announcement at a meeting with the members of an American commission studying US policy towards Russia, Ria Novosti news agency reports.
“The signals that I get from Barack Obama seem quite positive,” Medvedev said.
The Russian President noted that in recent years Russia-US relations have “considerably deteriorated”.
“It upsets us. But now there’s a possibility to open a new page in Russia-US relations,” he said.
The G20 summit will take place on April 1-2.
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