The president said he and his counterpart have moved beyond only discussing the issues covered in most previous U.S.-Russian meetings.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

The topic came up during a recent meeting in Washington between U.S.President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

Last July President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitri Medvedev,agreed to work on a follow-on treaty to START-One.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

The secretary of state joined her counterpart from the Netherlands, Maxime Verhagen,at a meeting at U.N.headquarters Friday previewing next week's council meeting.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

In 1999, as Greece's foreign minister, Mr.Papandreou met with his Turkish counterpart, Ismail Cem, to start rapprochement talks.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Those veterans are seen as freedom fighters by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, but as fascist collaborators by his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Palestinian officials say they are encouraged by President Barack Obama's meeting with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas Thursday at the White House.

VOA: standard.2009.05.29

Seoul's main envoy on the nuclear issue, Wi Sung-lac, is scheduled to meet with his Russian counterpart in Moscow later this week.

VOA: standard.2009.06.22

During his two days in the country Burns had what are described as "in depth" discussions with his counterpart, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Recently,President Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev agreed on a new treaty slashing long-range nuclear weapons.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

His trip has fueled expectations he may meet his U.S.counterpart, Sung Kim,to lay the groundwork for North Korea's possible return to the talks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

After meeting in London with his British counterpart, George Osborne, Geithner said the United States wants a careful and consistent approach to financial reform.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

However spokesman Crowley said interaction between Clinton and her Iranian counterpart in Kabul is doubtful.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Speaking after meeting with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman in Jerusalem, Mr.Moratinos said both Israel and the Palestinians should enter direct, face-to-face talks without preconditions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

Clinton told a press conference with her Iraqi counterpart,Hoshyar Zebari, that her assessment of the situation in Iraq mirrored that of top U.S.commander General Ray Odierno.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

The secretary of state discussed northern European issues on Sunday in a joint meeting with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and his Latvian counterpart, Valdis Zatlers.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

In July,President Barak Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev agreed to reduce their respective numbers of nuclear warheads to between 1,500 and 1,675 under a new treaty.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

"Obviously,I think both those issues will be subject for discussion as the secretary meets with the new Japanese Prime Minister, the foreign minister and his counterpart, the defense minister,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

Secretary Clinton and her German counterpart made clear at a joint press event that they expect Mr.Karzai to try to broaden his government and tackle the country's well-documented corruption problems.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Her Turkish counterpart, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, expressed a similar view.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Mr.Putin was to meet his Polish counterpart later Tuesday.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Tuesday,President Barack Obama is to meet with his South Korean counterpart, President Lee has urged a stronger, more coordinated front with the five governments that have engaged Pyongyang in talks since 2003.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

Clinton is expected to meet her Pakistani counterpart, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, at a Dutch hosted conference at the end of this month at the Hague aimed at promoting stability in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

"The legislation was announced two days before President Obama hosts Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, to discuss strategies for ending violence along their two countries' common border.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

During his brief stay in Prague, Mr.Obama will also have a one-on-one meeting with his Russian counterpart, and will have dinner with the heads of state of 11 Central and Eastern European countries.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

At a news conference, Clinton and her Indian counterpart said they had agreed to launch and be co-chairs of a "strategic dialogue" that will involve a wide range of government agencies on both sides.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

Speaking at a Moscow news conference, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said the first meeting between U.S.President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart,Dmitri Medvedev, set the basis for practical cooperation between the two countries.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

The Obama administration has encouraged efforts at dialogue between the two South Asian powers, capped by the meeting this week in Egypt between Indian Prime Minister Manhoman Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani.

VOA: standard.2009.07.17