Medvedev Sees Chance For Good Ties With Obama

Dmitry Medvedev, 2007. Photo By Vladimir Rodionov—AFP/Getty Images

From Reuters:

CANNES, France (Reuters) - The start of a new U.S. administration under President-elect Barack Obama offers a good opportunity to repair damaged relations between Moscow and Washington, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.

The Kremlin leader, speaking in the French town of Cannes, ditched recent bellicose rhetoric and put a gloss on future prospects for U.S.-Russian relations, two days before flying to Washington for a summit on the global financial crisis.

"I wish good luck to the new U.S. president because he faces tremendous economic and political problems," he told a business forum. "The situation in the world will strongly depend on how the U.S. administration handles these problems."

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