U.S.-Russia Consultations on Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe

U.S.-Russia Consultations on Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin met February 21 in Washington with Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried, and Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher for a regular round of consultations on the situation in and respective policies toward Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. They discussed the possibilities of cooperation between both the United States and Russia in seeking solutions to regional problems of concern and the interests of both states.

Media Note, Office of the Spokesman, Washington, DC. February 22, 2007

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