WASHINGTON, March 16 (NNN-KUNA) — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Moscow later this week to take part in a Quartet meeting to discuss efforts to promote Middle East peace, the State Department announced here.

Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Philip Crowley said in a statement Monday that Clinton will be accompanied by Middle East envoy George Mitchell at the two-day meeting which starts on Thursday.

The meeting of the Quartet will be participated by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton as well as Quartet Representative Tony Blair.

Clinton will also meet with senior Russian officials to discuss progress on a successor agreement to START, cooperation on nonproliferation, counterterrorism, regional security issues, and the work of the Bilateral Presidential Commission, Crowley added.

– NNN-KUNA

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