LAVROV URGES PARTIES IN MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT TO GIVE UP USE OF FORCE

UNDERSTANDINGS WITH IRAN, QATAR CLARIFY TRENDS ON GLOBAL HYDROCARBONS MARKET - LAVROV

UKRAINE WILL BE OFFERED TO EXTEND BASE LEASE IN SEVASTOPOL - LAVROV

RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY URGES TO BUILD NEW ICEBREAKERS

CSTO REPRESENTATIVES HOLD CONSULTATIONS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY

RUSSIA WOULD PREFER SEEING OBAMA IN WHITE HOUSE - KOSACHYOV

RUSSIAN, AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENTS DISCUSS UPCOMING KARABAKH SUMMIT

U.S. IS STILL OPEN TO IDEA OF GEORGIAN, UKRAINIAN ACCESSION TO NATO MAP IN DEC - AMBASSADOR

U.S. HAS NO INTENTION TO PUNISH RUSSIA FOR AUGUST CRISIS IN CAUCASUS - AMBASSADOR

MOSCOW’S IDEAS ON NEW SECURITY TREATY FOR EUROPE INTERESTING BUT CURRENT INSTITUTION NOT BROKEN - AMBASSADOR

U.S. EMBASSY HOPES TO GIVE OVER 40,000 VISAS UNDER SUMMER WORK, TRAVEL PROGRAM TO RUSSIANS IN 2009

RUSSIA-NATO COUNCIL UNLIKELY TO RESUME WORK IN 2008 – ROGOZIN