Putin and Bush agree on need for Russian-American dialog

MOSCOW (AFP) Apr 05, 2003
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart George W. Bush agreed Saturday in a telephone conversation on the need to continue Russian-American political dialog on the Iraq war, the Kremlin said.

The two presidents emphasized "the importance of pursuing intensive political dialog between the two countries, despite the known differences between their positions in order to search for solutions in the interests of the international community," the Kremlin said in a statement.

The initiative took place at the initiative of the United States, the statement added.

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