Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be in Geneva at the end of next week, part of a seven-day swing through Israel, Egypt, the Palestinian Territories, Belgium, Switzerland, and Turkey 1-7 March 2009.
In Geneva, she will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to “discuss a number of issues of mutual interest, including possibilities for a follow-on agreement to START” and to explore “deepening our cooperation in areas such as Afghanistan,” according to the US Mission in Geneva.
START is the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the US and Russia, which ends in December 2009.
- Xinhua on the START talks
- background, US government web site, 18 December 2008
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News story, GenevaLunch, 27 February 2009.
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Tags: Hillary Clinton, Politics, Russia, START, Switzerland, US Mission Geneva
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