US President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday discussed efforts to craft a new UN resolution to cover Iraq's shift to self-rule, the White House said.
The two leaders also discussed the ailing 'road-map' to Middle East peace, as well as the May 4 meeting of the international quartet of sponsors behind that stalled plan, Bush spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters.
The road map - sponsored by the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia - calls for the eventual creation of an independent Palestinian state living side-by-side with Israel.
Bush and Putin also discussed the situation in Georgia as well as their plans to see each other at the commemoration of the June 6, 1944, D-Day landings in France, said the spokesman.
The United States has been eager to see the UN Security Council adopt a measure to encourage other countries to contribute troops to efforts to pacify Iraq ahead of a June 30 deadline for handing over sovereignty.
"It's in the early stages of discussion," said Bush spokesman Scott McClellan. "But there's been certainly a good bit of interest."
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