U.S. President George W. Bush (L) puts his arm around Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
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U.S. Apprehends Deterioration of Relations with Russia
Elections to State Duma and the change of the president in Russia may affect relations of Moscow with Washington and EU, forecasted U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Kramer, pointing out the relations would hardly cloud materially.
Kramer also emphasized that Washington is closely eyeing political life in Russia on the eve of elections and hopes the voting will be honest and transparent attended by independent observers. Another hope of Washington is that no anti-American sentiments will be used in the course of election campaign.
Kramer, who is in Brussels now for negotiating with the EU representatives, emphasized the U.S. intention to closely cooperate with Russia’s leadership in the nearest months when tackling the most vital international issues, such as nuclear weapon program of Iran, Kosovo’s independence and situation in the Middle East.
Apart from it, Kramer pointed out, the United States will proceed with discussions related to stationing missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe. U.S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates will arrive in Moscow in mid.-October for respective negotiations.
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