We have good personal relationship with President Obama, our relations are quite frank and business-like. And this is quite enough to do our job.

There is something that I have in common with every citizen of Russia, the love for our motherland.

I have been to Tokyo and several other cities, but I have never been to Yamaguchi Prefecture. I wonder what it is like, what interesting things it has to offer. I am sure that Prime Minister [ Shinzō] Abe will tell me all about it.

[Egon] Bahr even said: If Russia agreed to the NATO expansion, he would never come to Moscow again.

Anyhow, we obviously understand that, being a United States' ally and having a special relationship with it, the UK in its relations with Russian has to make an allowance for the opinion of its partner - the U.S. We take this reality as a given fact, but let me underscore once again that we will be ready to do as much as Britain will be ready to do in order to resume our mutual cooperation. This does not depend on us.

I believe the U.S. already understands and will understand more and more that only a strong Russia will respond to the genuine interests of the United States.

The Cold War is over. The world has become much more complicated.