Washington counts on Obama-Medvedev meeting at Lisbon summit - ambassador

MOSCOW. Nov 8 (Interfax) - U.S. ambassador to Russia John Byerle hopes that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama will have a meeting at the Russia-NATO summit in Lisbon on November 20.

As for Lisbon, yes, there is a hope, he said on Ekho Moskvy radio answering a question whether the two leaders would meet in the wings of the NATO summit.