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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) meets with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu (R) in Moscow on July 2, 2009. The two diplomats held bilateral talks.

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  1. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) poses with members of Bosnia's tripartite Presidency, Zeljko Komsic (C) and Nebojsa Radmanovic (R) after his meeting with his Bosnian counterpart Sven Alkalaj (out of camera range) in Sarajevo, on November 5, 2009. Lavrov arrived on November 5 for a one-day official visit to Bosnia.
  2. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks with his Bosnian counterpart, Sven Alkalaj (out of camera range) during their meeting in Sarajevo, on November 5, 2009. Lavrov arrived on November 5, 2009 for a one-day official visit to bosnia.
  3. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) speaks with his Bosnian counterpart, Sven Alkalaj (out of camera range) during their meeting in Sarajevo, on November 5, 2009. Lavrov arrived on November 5, 2009 for a one-day official visit to bosnia.
  4. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) speaks with his Bosnian counterpart, Sven Alkalaj (L) during their meeting in Sarajevo, on November 5, 2009. Lavrov arrived on November 5, 2009 for a one-day official visit to bosnia.
  5. Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband attends a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on November 2, 2009. Miliband was making the first visit by a British foreign secretary to Russia for five years, seeking warm relations plunged back to a Cold War chill by a series of bitter rows.
  6. Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband speaks during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on November 2, 2009. Miliband was making the first visit by a British foreign secretary to Russia for five years, seeking warm relations plunged back to a Cold War chill by a series of bitter rows.
  7. Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband gestures while entering a room for a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on November 2, 2009. Miliband was making the first visit by a British foreign secretary to Russia for five years, seeking warm relations plunged back to a Cold War chill by a series of bitter rows.
  8. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband enter a room for a meeting in Moscow on November 2, 2009. Miliband was making the first visit by a British foreign secretary to Russia for five years, seeking warm relations plunged back to a Cold War chill by a series of bitter rows.
  9. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband enter a room for a meeting in Moscow on November 2, 2009. Miliband was making the first visit by a British foreign secretary to Russia for five years, seeking warm relations plunged back to a Cold War chill by a series of bitter rows.
  10. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband enter a room for a meeting in Moscow on November 2, 2009. Miliband was making the first visit by a British foreign secretary to Russia for five years, seeking warm relations plunged back to a Cold War chill by a series of bitter rows.
  11. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) meets with Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband in Moscow on November 2, 2009. Miliband was making the first visit by a British foreign secretary to Russia for five years, seeking warm relations plunged back to a Cold War chill by a series of bitter rows.
  12. Visiting US National Security Adviser James Jones (L) shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting in Moscow on October 29, 2009. Jones met Lavrov to discuss reducing the nuclear arsenals of the former Cold War adversaries. Jones is also set to meet his Russian counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev, as part of a brief visit to the Russian capital for talks that may also touch on the Iran issue.
  13. (L to R) French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, Swiss foreign minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Armenian foreign minister, Edouard Nalbandian, Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, gesture after posing for a photo following the signing ceremony of the protocols and statements between Armenia and Turkey, at the University of Zurich on October 10, 2009. Turkey and Armenia's foreign ministers signed pacts to establish ties, in a first step to reconciliation after nearly a century of bitterness over their history.
  14. (L to R) European Union foreign affairs chief, Javier Solana, French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, Swiss foreign minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Armenian foreign minister, Edouard Nalbandian, Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, gesture after posing for a photo following the signing ceremony of the protocols and statements between Armenia and Turkey, at the University of Zurich on October 10, 2009. Turkey and Armenia's foreign ministers signed pacts to establish ties, in a first step to reconciliation after nearly a century of bitterness over their history.
  15. (L to R) European Union foreign affairs chief, Javier Solana, French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, Swiss foreign minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, Armenian foreign minister, Edouard Nalbandian, Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, and Slovenian foreign minister, Samuel Zbogar, pose for a photo after the signing ceremony of the protocols and statements between Armenia and Turkey, at the University of Zurich on October 10, 2009. Turkey and Armenia's foreign ministers signed pacts to establish ties, in a first step to reconciliation after nearly a century of bitterness over their history.
  16. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) meets with his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic (C) in Moscow, October 5, 2009.

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