Obama and Russian president Medvedev chat on phone

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
President-elect Barack Obama spoke to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as the future American head of state had another round of phone calls with leaders in other nations. A Kremlin statement said Obama and Medvedev "expressed the determination to create constructive and positive interaction for the good of global stability and development" and agreed that their countries had a common responsibility to address "serious problems of a global nature." To that end, according to the Kremlin statement, Medvedev and Obama believe an "early bilateral meeting" should be arranged. Obama's office did not issue a statement describing the call. A Kremlin spokesman declined to elaborate or say when such a meeting could take place.