MOSCOW (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says there are indications that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH'-hoo) is ready to address U.S. concerns about settlement plans that complicate peace efforts.
Speaking at the news conference in Moscow, Clinton says she's continuing discussions with Netanyahu and his government. She says what she has heard from the prime minister has been "useful and productive."
Clinton is in Russia for a meeting of the so-called Quartet group of Mideast negotiators. The group is trying to plan for indirect peace talks with Israel and Palestinians, with the U.S. as the go-between.
Clinton dispatched U.S. Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell to visit Israel and the West Bank to try to get the talks going.
She said she expects to see Netanyahu in Washington next week.
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: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton seen during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo just outside Moscow, Friday, March 19, 2010. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that American and Russian negotiators are "on the brink" of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty.
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