Both Russia And The U.S. Agree That They Share A Responsibility For Preventing World Conflicts

From left to right, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel meet at the State Department in Washington, D.C., Aug. 9, 2013. DOD photo by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Aaron Hostutler

Russia And US Unified By Shared Responsibility For Preventing World Conflicts -- Space Daily/Voice of Russia

The Voice of Russia correspondent shared details of Sergei Lavrov's statement made at the opening of bilateral Russia-US talks in the 2+2 format. Lavrov said Moscow had prepared a series of documents for signing at the next meeting between Obama and Putin.

"We prepared a series of documents for the next stage when the Russian and US leaders meet so that they could sign them," Lavrov underscored.

"We have been preparing a document on strengthening cooperation to fight drugs threat," he said. They also prepared an agreement on cooperation in nuclear energy research.

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My Comment: The U.S. - Russian relationship is going through a rough patch right now .... and some are predicting that it may get rougher still .... but both sides agree on one point .... the spread of war and conflict serves no one's interest.