Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting with the permanent Security Council members.

The final communique of the summit specified that the G20 format is a major forum for international economic cooperation.

Joint Statement by President of the United States of America Barack Obama and President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev Concerning Afghanistan

The Russian delegation at the talks included Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, Presidential Aide Sergei Prikhodko, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin. The U.S. delegation included Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, National Security Advisor James Jones, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

The Russian-American Public Dialogue Group, Russia-USA: A Look into the Future, held its latest meeting in the run-up to the first meeting between President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and President of the United States Barack Obama, which will take place at the start of April as part of the G20 summit in London. On the Russian side, the group is headed by Yevgeny Primakov, and on the American side, by Henry Kissinger.

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