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Russia's Medvedev to meet with British PM at G8 summit in Japan

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown agreed during a phone conversation Sunday on preparing a bilateral meeting at the G8 summit in Japan, the Kremlin press office said.
MOSCOW, May 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown agreed during a phone conversation Sunday on preparing a bilateral meeting at the G8 summit in Japan, the Kremlin press office said.

"Agreement was reached on preparation for a bilateral meeting at the highest level during the G8 summit in Japan," the Kremlin press office said.

During the phone conversation held on the initiative of the British side, Brown congratulated Medvedev with his inauguration as Russia's president, the Kremlin press office said.

Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's third president since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 on Wednesday, taking over from Vladimir Putin, who was approved as the country's premier by parliament on Thursday.

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