Upon the outcomes of the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held Tuesday in Washington U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the U.S. is satisfied with the relations with the Russian Federation. "We discussed a wide scope of issues and touched upon global problems like Iran and Near East," she said. In her words, they also referred to the so-called frozen conflicts in Nagorno Karabakh and Abkhazia. When speaking of the U.S. and Russia's attitude about various local conflicts Sergey Lavrov said "although the parties differ on the methods of conflict settlement the final goal is identical," reported RIA Novosti.