Obama sees “excellent opportunity” to reset relations with Russia.

WASHINGTON

US President Barack Obama said on Thursday after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov he saw an “excellent opportunity” to reset previously strained relations with Russia on a wide range of issues. 

“We have an excellent opportunity to reset the relationship between the United States and Russia on a whole host of issues,” Obama told reporters after the meeting. Those issues, he said, include nuclear proliferation, the situations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, conflicts in Iraq and the Middle East, and the global economic crisis.

Obama also reiterated his intention to visit Moscow for talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the summer.