MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States discussed nuclear arms control, NATO expansion and U.S. plans to build a missile defense shield on Tuesday in an effort to lay the foundations of a better relationship.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates met Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov after seeing President Vladimir Putin and president-elect Dmitry Medvedev on Monday.
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- Russia and U.S. start talks in upbeat mood (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~ 3/253527442/idUSL1857344120080318)