Tashkent, Russia, January 23, SPA -- Russia welcomes U.S. PresidentBarack Obama's decision to review policy in Afghanistan and isready to cooperate, including on supply routes for NATO forces,Reuters quoted Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev as saying today. "Let us hope the new U.S. administration will be moresuccessful in the Afghan settlement than its predecessor,"Medvedev told a news conference after talks with Uzbek PresidentIslam Karimov. "We are ready for fully fledged and equal cooperation onsecurity in Afghanistan, including with the United States," TheRussian president added. "We are ready to work on the mostcomplicated issues...including the transit of non-militarygoods." Cooperation on Afghanistan has been the most successfulproject uniting NATO and Russia, whose relations froze afterMoscow's brief war in Georgia last August. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/628768