Moscow, March 06, SPA -- Russia is cautiously optimisticabout a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clintonand her Russian counterpart, Interfax news agency quoted aspokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying, according to Reuters. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet Clinton inGeneva today for dinner in the first meeting of the foreignministers since U.S. President Barack Obama took office inJanuary. "We await with cautious optimism the outcome of thesetalks," Interfax quoted the spokesman as saying. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/641538