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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They discussed various issues of bilateral cooperation and current international problems.

Medvedev and King Abdullah II discussed prospects for developing bilateral cooperation, especially trade and economic ties, and examined current international issues. Mr Medvedev thanked the King for his plans to send humanitarian aid to South Ossetia.

The President of Russia and King of Jordan discussed the prospects of developing their cooperation, exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East, and spoke in detail about their bilateral relations in the economic, educational and cultural spheres. They also touched upon some of the practical issues relating to their bilateral cooperation.