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07-05-2009, 09:59 PM
Obama heads to Moscow for 'reset' summit
Sun Jul 5, 2009 9:32pm EDT
By Matt Spetalnick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama left for Moscow on Sunday promising a far-reaching effort to "reset" U.S.-Russian relations that hit a post-Cold War low under the Bush administration.
Obama is looking for progress on the outlines of a new nuclear arms pact and improved cooperation in the Afghan war effort, but deep divisions remain over U.S. missile defense, NATO expansion and the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.
Traveling to Moscow for the first time since taking office, he hopes to keep building pragmatic ties with President Dmitry Medvedev but is likely to have a more strained introduction to Vladimir Putin, who still dominates Russian politics....
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5640IZ20090706
Sun Jul 5, 2009 9:32pm EDT
By Matt Spetalnick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama left for Moscow on Sunday promising a far-reaching effort to "reset" U.S.-Russian relations that hit a post-Cold War low under the Bush administration.
Obama is looking for progress on the outlines of a new nuclear arms pact and improved cooperation in the Afghan war effort, but deep divisions remain over U.S. missile defense, NATO expansion and the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.
Traveling to Moscow for the first time since taking office, he hopes to keep building pragmatic ties with President Dmitry Medvedev but is likely to have a more strained introduction to Vladimir Putin, who still dominates Russian politics....
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5640IZ20090706