SECRETARY RICE MEETS WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV IN MOSCOW

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov smile after their meeting in Moscow on May 15, 2007. Rice and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Tuesday to ease their diplomatic rhetoric, but made no progress on resolving security disputes poisoning relations between the two powers. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)