Perino said she expected more work will be necessary after the Sochi meeting, especially on winning Russia's confidence on the proposed missile defense system. "No one has said that everything would be finalized and everyone would be satisfied with all the preparations because we haven, " even started to work on the technical aspects of the system, " she said. "But we think the dialogue is headed in the right direction and that this meeting will be able to push that along even further," she added. On his way to Russia, Bush also stopped in new NATO member Croatia. Bush's program for Sunday includes a meeting with Medvedev and a joint news conference along with Putin after talks. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/543372