Medvedev to fly to Washington for talks with Obama after visit to California.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24 (Itar-Tass) -- After the end of his visit to
California, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will fly to Washington for
talks with U.S. President Barack Obama.
"Those will be full-format talks on a wide range of matters of current
importance concerning bilateral relations and main international
problems," presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko said.
"It is also planned that Medvedev and Obama will be given a report by
the coordinators of the Russian-American presidential commission on the
development of cooperation -- Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei
Lavrov, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - on the work done
within the framework of the Commission's sixteen working groups," he said.
At the close of the talks, Barack Obama intends to invite Dmitry
Medvedev to one of Washington restaurant so as to carry on the
consultations at a dinner one-on-one.
The Presidents of the Russia and the U.S. will tell journalists at a
press conference about the results of their talks. The news conference is
to take place at the lawn outside the White House. The press service of
the U.S. administration practises this quite often. Incidentally,
weathermen forecast a thunderstorm in Washington precisely for June 24.
So, possibly, a meeting with the press in the open air may prove
problematic.
After the press conference Medvedev and Obama will head for the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce where they will meet with business leaders.
"In accordance with the arrangement made, main attention during the
visit will be devoted to subjects concerning the development of
cooperation in the field of innovations and high technologies," Prikhodko
said. He pointed out that the choice of San Francisco as the first leg of
the tour is connected precisely with a desire to emphasise this
directedness.
"The president will be accompanied in the tour by a group of
executives of the leading Russian companies that develop business contacts
with American partners or are interested in establishing such contacts,"
he added.
"On the sidelines of the summit, Russian companies, including the
Rostekhnologii State Corporation, KAMAZ, and the AVISMA Corporation, are
to reach mutually beneficial agreements with their American partners," the
presidential aide said.
A visit to U.S. Congress and a meeting with the leaders of the Senate
and the House of Representatives will be the concluding activities of the
Russian President's visit to the U.S.
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