Obama-Medvedev summit in Russia

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The following are comments from U.S. President Barack Obama and Kremlin chief Dmitry Medvedev at a summit in Moscow on Monday.

OBAMA ON MEDVEDEV

Obama:

"First of all, this is now my second bilateral meeting with President Medvedev and we also had a series of telephone calls and telephone exchanges. Throughout our interactions I found him to be straightforward, professional. He is clear about interests of the Russian people but he is also interested in finding out what the interests of the United States are.... I trust President Medvedev to not only listen and to negotiate constructively but also to follow through on the agreements that are contained here today.

ON RUSSIA-U.S. RELATIONS

Obama:

"President Medvedev and I are committed to leaving behind us suspicion and rivalry of the past so that we can advance the interests that we hold in common. Today we made meaningful progress in demonstrating through deeds and words what a U.S.-Russia relationship can look like in the 21st century.

ON NUCLEAR SUMMIT

Obama:

"We actually suggested a global nuclear security summit that we intend to host next year and I discussed with President Medvedev the strong possibility that a subsequent summit can be hosted by Russia where we bring all countries together.

ON GLOBAL MISSILE Defense

Medvedev:

"We need to jointly think about configuration of the global missile defense."

ON GEORGIA

Obama:

"I won't pretend that the United States and Russia agree on every issue. President Medvedev indicated that we have had frank discussion on some areas where we disagree."