DATE=8/11/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-236927
TITLE=CLINTON / MOSCOW SUMMIT (S)
BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST
DATELINE=SAN FRANCISCO
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED DETAILS OF NEXT 
MONTH'S U-S / RUSSIAN SUMMIT IN MOSCOW.  V-O-A'S DAVID GOLLUST 
REPORTS FROM SAN FRANCISCO WHERE PRESIDENT CLINTON WAS TRAVELLING
TUESDAY.

TEXT:  OFFICIALS HERE SAY PRESIDENT CLINTON AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
BORIS YELTSIN WILL HOLD TALKS SEPTEMBER FIRST AND SECOND BEFORE 
MR. CLINTON FLIES ON TO BRIEF VISITS TO NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE 
IRISH REPUBLIC.

IT WILL BE THE FIRST FULL-SCALE U-S / RUSSIAN SUMMIT SINCE THEIR 
MEETING IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR IN HELSINKI, THOUGH THE TWO LEADERS
DID CONFER DURING THE G-EIGHT SUMMIT IN BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND IN 
MAY.

IN AGREEING TO THE SUMMIT, PRESIDENT CLINTON BACKED OFF HIS 
PREVIOUS INSISTENCE THAT THE RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT FIRST RATIFY THE 
START-TWO NUCLEAR ARMS REDUCTION TREATY.  U-S OFFICIALS CONCEDE 
THE LINKAGE HAD ONLY STIFFENED RESISTANCE TO THE TREATY IN THE 
DUMA, WHICH IS DOMINATED BY YELTSIN OPPONENTS.

THE AGENDA AT THE MOSCOW MEETING WILL INCLUDE ARMS CONTROL -- 
INCLUDING NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION EFFORTS IN THE WAKE OF THE 
INDIAN AND PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TESTS.  THEY WILL ALSO DISCUSS 
RUSSIA'S FINANCIAL CRISIS. MR. CLINTON STRONGLY SUPPORTED LAST 
MONTH'S 22-BILLION-DOLLAR INTERNATIONAL LOAN PACKAGE TO RUSSIA. 
(SIGNED)

NEB/DAG/JO 

11-Aug-98 4:25 PM EDT (2025 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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