A delegation of U.S. State Department officials...

The issue has become controversial in Russia in recent years, following numerous incidents in the U.S. involving adopted children from Russia. In the latest case, a U.S. couple sent their 7-year-old adopted son back to Russia claiming he was "psychopathic."

"We would like to discuss an opportunity to conclude an accord or a bilateral agreement, which would allow us to secure better care for Russian children adopted by U.S. families," the U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Beyrle, was quoted as saying in a Russian-language statement.

The make-up of the delegation and the exact date of the visit were not disclosed.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said last Friday that Russia could freeze child adoptions by U.S. citizens until the countries sign an intergovernmental agreement on adoptions following the Artyom Savelyev case.

Savelyev, adopted in September and renamed Justin, flew in to Moscow on April 8 alone after being accompanied to the plane in the

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