"We expect that concrete results will be reached at the summit which will open up new prospects for the development of our relations," Medvedev said in a statement to mark US Independence Day released by the Kremlin.
"I sincerely hope that with our mutual efforts... Russia-US relations can be brought to a new level of quality."
Obama is to arrive in Russia on Monday to mend ties frayed by a series of disputes and agree a deal on the transit of US military goods to Afghanistan as well as a framework on replacing a key Cold War-era missile treaty.
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Publié le 04 Juillet 2009 Copyright © 2009 Dowjones





