Russia and US Ready to Sign Child Adoption Deal

“The agreement is ready for signing. Earlier, it was initialled by both parties. Now it should be finalised. It will be signed shortly,” Ryabkov said.

The deputy foreign minister did not rule out that the agreement might be signed during the meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The draft of the Russia-U.S. agreement on child adoption is about to be ready, though it would require at least another round of negotiations, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday following his visit to Washington.”