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President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with US President George W. Bush

April 2, 2002

Both leaders said they were extremely concerned about the unprecedented escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and agreed on joint bilateral and multi-lateral efforts to achieve a Middle East peace settlement.

Vladimir Putin and George Bush continued to discuss important aspects of bilateral relations, including talks on strategic stability, the future of Russia-NATO relations and trade and economic cooperation in the run-up to the Russian-US summit.

April 2, 2002