Russian, Romanian presidents meet in the Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Romanian head of state Traian Brasescu began talks in the Kremlin on Monday evening. This is their first meeting since Brasescu was elected president in December 2004. The aim of Brasescu's visit to Moscow is to discuss "ways of developing political and economic relations between the two countries," Romanian ambassador to Russia Dumitru Prunariu told Interfax earlier.