At the meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
While meeting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Vladimir Putin said Russia was anticipating the arrival of the American President in Moscow for the May 9 celebrations marking the end of World War II and Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
He also said that relations between Russia and the U.S. had reached a high level and expressed the hope that this course would be continued by both sides.