Reports: Russia calls for more diplomacy
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Russian news agencies quote Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying that Moscow does not rule out new measures against Iran over its nuclear program but that he is calling for more diplomacy.
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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia offered to expand his proposal for a shared missile defense system during meetings in Maine with President Bush.
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Russia on Wednesday urged Palestinians and Israelis to hold direct talks ahead of a Middle East mediators' meeting in Berlin to discuss how to deal with a new Palestinian coalition between the Islamist Hamas and the mainstream Fatah groups.
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UNITED NATIONS - Russia introduced a draft resolution Monday calling for a new list of suspects who would be subject to extradition in a stepped-up global campaign against terrorism. China welcomed it but Pakistan and other Security Council members eyed the proposal with caution...
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Russia and Poland have agreed to continue the dialogue on facilitating the exchange of visits by citizens of the two countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday on the basis of the talks ...
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Russia needs to show a commitment to a free press and other "basics of democracy," and cooperate with former Soviet republics such as Georgia and Ukraine where democracy is taking hold, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.
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Russian officials suggested Friday that Kosovo's U.N. envoy is biased, questioning his ability to settle the breakaway province's dispute with Serbia over independence, and called for more changes in a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Kosovo.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - Russian President Vladimir Putin made a new counter-proposal to President George W. Bush on Monday for expanded cooperation on missile defense, an issue that has strained relations between their countries.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday that U.S.-Russia relations must rise above shifting political trends, as influential top diplomats, ministers and Cabinet secretaries conferred on the two countries' uneasy relationship.
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Russia wants more concrete reasons from Washington as to why it plans to build an anti-missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
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Russia must decide if it wants positive relations with the West, a Downing Street spokesman said Monday after President Vladimir Putin warned of a new Cold War-style arms race.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin began talks with Turkish leaders, Monday. Mr. Putin&#39;s visit -- the first by any Russian leader in 32 years -- is aimed at boosting trade and political cooperation between the former regional foes.
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The personal touch can be a pivotal item in the diplomatic toolbox. President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin, time and again, have reached for just the thing to improve one of the world's most crucial partnerships.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry has inquired the Netherlands about the differences found in the text of the joint statement following the Russia-EU summit, said official spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry ...
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Russia is sending a special envoy to the Middle East to defuse tensions and revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, its foreign ministry said Friday.
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NATO called for closer ties with Russia on Friday, a day after British warplanes scrambled to intercept Russian bombers on patrol, and said it was up to the Kremlin to spell out whether it had a "different view".
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Russia and China will hold regular security consultations, President Vladimir Putin and a visiting Chinese official announced Wednesday, moving to further strengthen close military cooperation between the two Cold War-era adversaries.