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Rice arrives in Kremlin for talks with defense minister, possibly Putin
MOSCOW (AFP) Apr 07, 2003
 US national security advisor Condoleezza Rice arrived in the Kremlin on Monday for talks with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and possibly, according to US officials, President Vladimir Putin, sources said.

Rice landed in Moscow on Sunday and held talks with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and several other top Russian officials on Monday morning.

Putin's press office refused to confirm that Rice was in the Kremlin, although US officials said she had arrived there for a meeting with Ivanov, and that Putin himself may later join the talks.

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