Interfax: Russia & Csi daily news report of 16.12.2008

Today news:

MID-EAST ‘QUARTET’ DISCUSS MOVES TO IMPROVE SITUATION IN GAZA STRIP

ONE SHOULD NOT MAKE STEPS THAT COULD HINDER IAEA WORK IN IRAN – LAVROV

RUSSIAN, IRAQI FMS DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS, STABILIZATION IN IRAQ

IRAQI PM TO VISIT TO RUSSIA – IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTRY

ABBAS TO VISIT WASHINGTON, MOSCOW IN DEC

RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT, LEBANESE DEFENSE MINISTER MEET IN MOSCOW

DEFENSE MINISTERS OF RUSSIA, LEBANON MEET IN MOSCOW

CHINA REFUTES REPORTED PLANS OF SOME STATES TO CUT FUEL OIL SHIPMENTS TO N. KOREA

RUSSIA, UKRAINE SHOULD EXPAND COORDINATION IN WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS – RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY

DIPLOMAT DENIES RUMORS ABOUT REPLACEMENT OF RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO ABKHAZIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ABKHAZ PRESIDENT

RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO S. OSSETIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO S. OSSETIAN PRESIDENT

UKRAINE’S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER WANTS IMPROVEMENT OF DIALOGUE WITH RUSSIA

DEPUTY RUSSIAN FM, U.S. CONGRESSMEN DISCUSS STRATEGIC STABILITY

MOSCOW EXPECTS NO BREAKTHROUGH AT CONSULTATIONS WITH WARSAW ON MISSILE DEFENSE

MOSCOW HOPES TO RESUME START TALKS WITH NEW U.S. ADMINISTRATION

RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT DENIES THAT DECISION MADE NOT TO EXTEND START

NEW START TREATY SHOULD BE DRAFTED BY LATE 2009 - RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY

NORD STREAM AG DIRECTOR DISCUSS PIPELINE AT RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY

‘QUARTET’ BACKS HOLDING INTL MEETING ON MID-EAST SETTLEMENT IN MOSCOW IN 2009

RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN DUSHANBE CONDEMNS XENOPHOBIC MURDERS

MATERIALS FOR MEDVEDEV-OBAMA PREPARED IN U.S. – U.S. AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA

S. OSSETIAN, ABKHAZ DELEGATIONS WANT TO DISCUSS SECURITY AT GENEVA CONSULTATIONS

GEORGIAN DELEGATION LEAVES FOR GENEVA

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Agency Interfax