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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with U.S. President George W. Bush

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Mr Bush congratulated Mr Putin on his appointment as Prime Minister.

In the course of the conversation, Mr Putin and Mr Bush went on record in support of continuity in Russian-American relations and for further dialogue between the two Presidents.

Mr Putin and Mr Bush agreed to meet during the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing, said the press-secretary of the Russian Prime Minister.

The conversation was held on the initiative of the American side.