Arrange a meet­ing at a sum­mit. Prior to the meet­ing, ensure gov­ern­ment offi­cials drop reas­sur­ing hints about the need to improve relations:

Rus­sia now poses its biggest threat to Bri­tain since the Cold War, accord­ing to secur­ity sources. MI5 fears that Bri­tain has been swamped with spies since the break­down of rela­tions over the tit-for-tat accus­a­tions over the pois­on­ing of former KGB officer Alex­an­der Litv­inenko. [Tele­graph]

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