DATE=5/13/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232136
TITLE=RUSSIA/INDIA SANCTIONS (S ONLY)
BYLINE=PETER HEINLEIN
DATELINE=MOSCOW
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: RUSSIA WEDNESDAY HAS MADE CLEAR IT WILL NOT FOLLOW THE
UNITED STATES IN IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON INDIA. FOR DETAILS,
HERE'S V-O-A MOSCOW CORRESPONDENT PETER HEINLEIN.
TEXT: A SENIOR RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL WEDNESDAY
EXPRESSED ALARM AT THE NUCLEAR TESTS. THE ITAR-TASS NEWS AGENCY
QUOTED RASHIT KHAMIDULIN, HEAD OF THE MINISTRY'S SOUTH ASIA
DEPARTMENT, AS SAYING IT IS REGRETTABLE INDIA FAILED TO LISTEN TO
PLEAS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
BUT IN SEPARATE COMMENTS, FOREIGN MINISTER YEVGENY PRIMAKOV SAID
MOSCOW HAS NO PLAN TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON ITS LONG-TIME ALLY.
///PRIMAKOV ACT IN RUSSIAN, THEN FADE TO...///
HE SAID, "I AM NOT A SUPPORTER OF SANCTIONS. WE ARE CAUTIOUS
ABOUT SUCH MEASURES. THEY CAN SOMETIMES BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE."
MR. PRIMAKOV'S COMMENTS ECHOED PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN'S MILD
REACTION TO THE INDIAN TESTS. DURING A FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH
TUESDAY, THE RUSSIAN LEADER SAID SIMPLY "INDIA LET US DOWN WITH
ITS EXPLOSION." HE SAID THE WORLD'S RESPONSE SHOULD BE LIMITED
TO DIPLOMATIC MEASURES. (SIGNED)
NEB/PFH/PCF
13-May-98 9:10 AM EDT (1310 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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