DATE=2/23/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-227143
TITLE=RUSSIA / IRAQ (S)
BYLINE=PETER HEINLEIN
DATELINE=MOSCOW
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN HAS EXPRESSED
SATISFACTION WITH THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN IRAQ AND THE UNITED
NATIONS. V-O-A'S PETER HEINLEIN REPORTS FROM MOSCOW.
TEXT: MR. YELTSIN SAID HE IS CONFIDENT THE IRAQ CRISIS IS OVER.
/// YELTSIN ACT - RUSSIAN - FADE UNDER ///
HE SAID, "THE QUESTION IS PRACTICALLY RESOLVED. SADDAM HUSSEIN
HAS GIVEN HIS WORD."
SPEAKING AT A KREMLIN WAR MEMORIAL WHERE HE LAID A WREATH TO MARK
A MILITARY HOLIDAY, THE RUSSIAN LEADER SAID HE HAD OPPOSED
MILITARY ACTION BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE SPREAD BEYOND IRAQ'S
BORDERS.
RUSSIA WAS AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO THE
IRAQ CRISIS, KEEPING A SPECIAL ENVOY IN BAGHDAD TO KEEP
NEGOTIATING LINES OPEN. A FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN MONDAY
NOTED MR. YELTSIN HAD BEEN AMONG THE FIRST TO PUSH FOR A VISIT BY
U-N SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN TO THE IRAQI CAPITAL. (SIGNED)
NEB/PFH/JWH
23-Feb-98 5:14 AM EST (1014 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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