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DATE=3/11/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-227996
TITLE=U-S / RUSSIA (L)
BYLINE=DEBORAH TATE
DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:   VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE SAYS PROGRESS HAS MADE IN 
RESOLVING THE DISPUTE WITH MOSCOW OVER RUSSIAN SALES OF BALLISTIC
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY TO IRAN.  HE MADE HIS COMMENTS AFTER HE AND 
PRESIDENT CLINTON MET WITH RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR 
CHERNOMYRDIN.  V-O-A'S WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT TATE REPORTS.
TEXT:  IN HIS TALKS WITH MR. CLINTON AND MR. GORE, MR. 
CHERNOMYRDIN  GAVE ASSURANCES THAT RUSSIA WOULD CURB EXPORTS OF 
BALLISTIC MISSILE TECHNOLOGY TO IRAN.                 
THE VICE PRESIDENT, WHO CO-CHAIRS A COMMISSION ON BILATERAL 
COOPERATION WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, WELCOMED THE DEVELOPMENT.
                          // GORE ACTUALITY //
         WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS, AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR 
         THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO TOGETHER.
                              // END ACT //
MR. GORE SPOKE AT A JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE WITH MR. CHERNOMYRDIN. 
U-S OFFICIALS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE OFFERED RUSSIA A CHANCE TO 
EXPAND  ITS ROLE IN THE LUCRATIVE COMMERCIAL SATELLITE-LAUNCHING 
BUSINESS IF MOSCOW ENDS ITS NUCLEAR AND MISSILE COOPERATION WITH 
IRAN.  SUCH A  MOVE WOULD HELP RUSSIA'S FINANCIALLY STRAPPED 
SPACE AGENCY PAY ITS SHARE OF THE PLANNED INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION.  
MEANWHILE, MR. CHERNOMYRDIN SAYS HE BELIEVES A MEETING BETWEEN 
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN AND MR. CLINTON WILL TAKE PLACE 
THIS YEAR IN RUSSIA.
U-S OFFICIALS HAVE SAID SUCH A SUMMIT WOULD BE PENDING ON RUSSIAN
RATIFICATION OF THE 1993 START TWO TREATY, WHICH WOULD REDUCE U-S
AND RUSSIAN ARSENALS OF LONG RANGE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
MR. CHERNOMYRDIN -- SPEAKING THROUGH A TRANSLATOR -- ACKNOWLEDGED
THE ISSUE REMAINS A STICKING POINT.
              // CHERNOMYRDIN ACTUALITY //                
         WE HAVE NOT RATIFIED START TWO, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
         IT NEEDS TO BE DONE, IT AFFECTS ALL OF US, SO FAR OUR 
         PARLIAMENT HAS BEEN DELAYING THIS.
                             // END ACT // 
EARLIER, MR. GORE AND MR. CHERNOMYRDIN SIGNED A SERIES OF MODEST 
AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD, AMONG OTHER THINGS, PROMOTE OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR RUSSIANS TO BUY AND SELL PROPERTY, TO SAFELY REDUCE RUSSIAN 
NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS STOCKPILES, AND REDUCE THE DANGER OF
LEAD EXPOSURE IN RUSSIA.
                             // REST OPT //
THE TWO OFFICIALS HAILED THE PROGRESS MADE IN U-S - RUSSIAN 
RELATIONS SINCE THEIR COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED FIVE YEARS AGO. 
MR. GORE  NOTED THAT BILATERAL TRADE HAS INCREASED MORE THAN 50 
PERCENT, AND THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS BECOME THE LARGEST 
INVESTOR IN RUSSIA.
THURSDAY, MR. GORE AND MR. CHERNOMYRDIN TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA TO 
VISIT THE LOCKHEED-MARTIN CORPORATION, WHICH IS USING 
RUSSIAN-DESIGNED ENGINES IN A NEW LINE OF SATELLITE BOOSTER 
ROCKETS.  (SIGNED)
NEB/DAT/PT
11-Mar-98 9:37 PM EST (0237 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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