MOSCOW, July 26 (AVN) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov and Assistant to the US President on National Security Affairs Condoleezza Rice started a meeting here early on Thursday, a spokesman for the Defence Ministry told the Military News Agency.
The officials met in the one-on-one format to discuss global strategic stability and problems of interaction between the Russian and US Defence Ministries. Later the parties will hold consultations on antimissile defence and strategic offensive weapons with the main aim to find points of contact in understanding of major issues, the spokesman said.