DATE=5/28/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232948
TITLE=RUSSIA / PAKISTAN TESTS (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=MICHELE KELEMEN
DATELINE=MOSCOW
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: RUSSIA SAYS IT WILL WORK WITH THE UNITED STATES TO
PREVENT A NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN SOUTH ASIA, IN THE WAKE OF NUCLEAR
TESTS IN PAKISTAN AND EARLIER TESTS IN INDIA. PRESIDENT BORIS
YELTSIN AND PRESIDENT CLINTON DISCUSSED THE ISSUE DURING A
TELEPHONE CONVERSATION THURSDAY. V-O-A'S MICHELE KELEMEN HAS
MORE.
TEXT: THE KREMLIN SAYS THE TWO LEADERS AGREED TO WORK TOGETHER
BOTH BILATERALLY AND IN THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL TO
AVERT MORE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. THEY DESCRIBED THE NUCLEAR
COMPETITION BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN AS A SERIOUS THREAT TO
WORLD STABILITY.
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY HAS EXPRESSED DEEP CONCERN AND URGED
INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO IMMEDIATELY SIGN THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR
NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY.
MEANWHILE, COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER GENNADY ZYUGANOV SAID
PAKISTAN'S RESPONSE WAS UNDERSTANDABLE. HE ADDS NOW THAT THERE
IS NO LONGER A BI-POLAR WORLD DOMINATED BY THE UNITED STATES AND
THE SOVIET UNION; OTHER COUNTRIES MAY ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO, IN
HIS WORDS, "DEMONSTRATE THEIR ABILITIES." (SIGNED)
NEB/MK/LTD/KL
28-May-98 3:52 PM EDT (1952 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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