MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev expect to make progress on arms cuts and Afghanistan at a Kremlin summit on Monday but the rest of Obama's first visit as president may be more difficult.

During two days of talks, officials say Obama will spur negotiations on reducing U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals and win the Kremlin's consent to ship weapons to NATO forces in Afghanistan across Russian territory.

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