Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee congressman Howard Berman (R) and US Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle (C) speak with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) in Moscow on June 30, 2009. Berman's visit comes before US President Barack Obama's expected trip to Russia on July 6. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee congressman Howard Berman (R) and US Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle (C) speak with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) in Moscow on June 30, 2009. Berman's visit comes before US President Barack Obama's expected trip to Russia on July 6.

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  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.
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  7. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, looks on as Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi shakes hands with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, after their statements to reporters following their meeting.
  8. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, makes a statement to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, following a meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif.
  9. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, center, accompanied by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., make a statement to reporters after their meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.
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