LONDON, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - David...

Miliband will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, politicians, businessmen and civil society representatives.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday the visit could foster better ties between Moscow and London, but experts have said it will bring no breakthroughs regarding key differences between the countries, however noting that Miliband"s arrival means the two states no longer want to focus on differences alone.

Russian ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko on Thursday described Britain as a key partner in politics and business and one of the major investors in the Russian economy.

In an interview with The Financial Times published on Wednesday, Miliband said he did not expect "to resolve the key problems in the U.K."s bilateral relationship with Russia."

British-Russian relations have been consistently frosty since the diplomatic fallout following the death of Russian security defector Alexander Litvinenko in London three years ago.

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