Posted on 03/10/2009 2:43:05 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A delegation of U.S. ex-senators pressed for better relations between Moscow and Washington during talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday, the latest in a series of high-level contacts.
The fact Medvedev met former senators Gary Hart and Chuck Hagel -- whose rank does not automatically qualify them for a Kremlin audience -- appeared to be a sign Moscow welcomed moves from Washington to relaunch their troubled relationship.
Medvedev and new U.S. President Barack Obama are expected to meet for the first time next month on the sidelines of a Group of 20 Summit in London. The Obama administration has said it wants to press the "reset" button to stop a dangerous drift in relations with Russia.
Medvedev re-iterated to the former senators that he hoped for a new start in relations with Washington under Obama.
"Recently, our relations have been seriously degraded," Medvedev said. "The signals, which I have received from President Obama, sound positive to me."
Hart said he and Hagel were in Moscow as part of a bipartisan commission on U.S.-Russia relations which would present a report on its visit to Obama next week.
"What brought us together is the feeling that the relationship between our two countries was not in the interests of the United States," said Hart at the start of talks.
"We hope to build a base in our country that will give support to the new administration in its efforts to improve that relationship," Hart said.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week for talks that were intended to soften the atmosphere between their capitals before Medvedev and Obama meet in London.
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Gary Hart? what a surprise!
Gary Hart and Chuck Hagel?
Is that the best the US can do?
Oh God! aren’t there already enough Bozo’s on this bus?
He heard that russian callgirls can be bought very cheap right now.
Gary Hart? I didn’t think anyone was still taking his calls.
May Gary catch something he throw back! LOL!!!!
Is that the best the US can do?
Who better than these two jokers to pave the way for suck-ups in the Obummer administration to apologize for our Cold War behavior and to offer our belated surrender?
They didn’t call him. Gary called them, and they figured he couldn’t screw it up any worse than Hillary. LOL!!
You do have a point there. Perhaps next time, he could take Algore over on a one way trip.
If we were only that lucky. But, since it is winter, maybe Algore can go to Siberia and play tag with a very hungry Siberian Tiger! LOL!!!!
Yea, he could go to Siberia and give his global warming talk. I’m sure the Siberians would be encouraged hearing about global warming while they are freezing their a$$es off, listening to that windbag.
They would probably just leave him outside to freeze if its winter, and let the mosquitoes suck him dry if it summer! LOL!!
Too bad they couldn't find a real Republican, huh...
I can only assume the taxpayers footed the bill for this nonsense.
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