U.S. National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley held talks today in Moscow with Russian Security Council chief Igor Ivanov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India Thursday, hoping to use the two nations' decades-long friendship to push for deals in civilian nuclear cooperation, military hardware and trade expansion between the booming economies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharian met in Sochi yesterday to discuss trade and regional issues.

The presidents of Romania and Ukraine met at their common border to declare their intent to strengthen bilateral relations.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz arrived in Afghanistan today to try and shore up bilateral relations.