( Itar-Tass ) - Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak on Friday held another round of consultations over strategic stability issues in Washington. The agreement to continue the dialogue in Moscow was the main result.
According to reliable sources, with US Assistant Secretary of State John Rood Kislyak discussed mostly Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposals in the sphere of anti-missile defense.
The two men exchanged opinions of the recent visit by US specialists to the Gabala radar in Azerbaijan and the trilateral meeting of experts that took place there.
With US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs Kislyak considered the future of the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFET). Russia has declared its intention to freeze compliance with the treaty in its territory as of December, if NATO countries fail to begin the procedure of ratifying the adapted CFET version by then.
As a result of consultations the two sides agreed that high-level groups of experts will hold meetings in Moscow on October 9 and 10. That will be the final phase of preparations for a bilateral meeting of Russian and US foreign and defense ministers on October 12.
For their part, the ministers are to submit accounts of their talks to both countries' presidents.