President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday...
"In my opinion, the situation is not bad. We are close to reaching agreement on nearly all the issues," Medvedev said at a joint news conference following talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
"Now we have moved forward to the final part of the negotiations, we are coordinating the nuances of the text. I hope the negotiations will be completed very soon," he said, adding that the deal could set an example at the international nonproliferation summit to be held in the United States in April.
Russia"s Foreign Ministry said earlier on Monday that progress had been made in the latest round of talks in Geneva in February, and that a new round would begin on March 9.
The ministry said the sides had "considerably moved forward in coordinating the remaining issues on a set of documents that will form the package of the new agreement."
"The sides agreed to continue official talks from March 9 in Geneva," the ministry said.