Defense Department opens doors to Kremlin official amid hope of mending ties between US-Russia
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The Pentagon has opened its doors to Russia's defense minister, the first high-level meeting of its kind in nearly six years and one that defense officials see as a milestone in improving U.S.-Russian relations.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his Kremlin counterpart, Anatoly Serdyukov, (SUHR'-jih-kawf), pledged on Wednesday to increase cooperation. They said a closer relationship could involve new joint military programs and exercises.
Defense officials said they hoped the talks would help revive Washington's relations with Moscow, which hit a post-Cold War low point in 2008 when Russia sent its troops into Georgia in support of two breakaway regions.
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No Russian defense minister has been to the Pentagon since January 2005.
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