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US AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA ON STUDENT EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES

MOSCOW, SEPTEMBER 5, 2002. /From RIA Novosti correspondent Vladimir Pakhomov/. - US Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow hopes that the program of student exchanges between the two countries would soon become more intensive and would also include the training of staff members of law-enforcement bodies, the ambassador told the RIA Novosti correspondent in Moscow on Thursday.

In August we held active consultations on the issue at the Russian Foreign Ministry, went on the diplomat. He said that the aim of the talks was to prepare the necessary legal and financial basis for such cooperation.

The American ambassador also specified that both sides had considerably advanced in the given sphere and that it is very likely that such exchanges would begin already next year. In the ambassador's opinion, these exchanges will help to raise the skills and efficiency of specialists of both countries who are fighting against crimes and terrorism.

Earlier the ambassador announced the official beginning of the registration of participants in student exchanges between Russia and the United States for 2003.

In conclusion Alexander Vershbow expressed the confidence that the relations between our countries in the sphere of education would remain stable.

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