U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will make a mid-October visit to Moscow to participate in the session of bilateral intergovernmental commission for the development of U.S.-Russia cooperation, Ian Kelly, U.S. Department of State Spokesman stated at the daily briefing.

“We plan the visit of the Secretary of State for mid-October. The preparation is underway and will take some more time,” Kelly said.

Both countries’ Foreign Ministers will co-chair at the opening commission session. The decision on forming the commission was made by the Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama at the Moscow meeting in early July, 2009.