Armitage Before Meeting With Russian FM Lavrov
Remarks at Beginning of Meeting With Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State
Moscow, Russia
October 28, 2004
DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE: Thank you very much and I am honored to be in your presence and I thank you for having some
time for us today. We note with great sadness that no country has suffered recently more than the Russian Federation the
scourge of terrorism. Not withstanding our upcoming election it is our duty, our job, and our honor to be here to stand
side-by-side with our Russian friends as we move to defeat the scourge and the horror and tragedy of Beslan, which
causes Americans to mourn with Russian citizens. There is a new urgency in the war in which Mr. Kislyak and I are
engaged, and I'm authorized to promise you our utmost efforts in a practical, real, achievable sense, not a rhetorical
sense. Thank you.
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Released on October 28, 2004