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11 March 1998

GCC10 TEXT: LIST OF AGREEMENTS REACHED, STATEMENTS ISSUED

(Text: White House release) (320)
(The following list of agreements reached and statements issued was
released March 11, 1998, by the White House Office of the Vice
President following the tenth meeting of the U.S.-Russian Joint
Commission on Economic and Technical Cooperation, also known as the
Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission.)
AGREEMENTS REACHED BY THE GORE-CHERNOMYRDIN COMMISSION
U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Russian Prime Minister Viktor
Chernomyrdin concluded the tenth meeting of the U.S.-Russian Joint
Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation in Washington
today. The co-chairmen of the Commission announced the signing of 6
agreements completed during the Commission meeting. In addition, 7
statements were issued.
Signed by the Vice President and the Prime Minister
-- Joint Report by the Vice President of the United States of America
and the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation on the
Occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of the Founding of the U.S.-Russian
Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation
Signed by Committee Chairs and Others
-- Joint Statement on Development of a Targeted Program~ to Reduce
Environmental and Health Risk from Lead Contamination in the Russian
Federation
-- Joint Statement on Priority Directions of American-Russian
Cooperation in the Area of Technology Commercialization
-- Framework Agreement Regarding Support for U.S. Exports to Small
Businesses in the Russian Federation
-- Memorandum on Principles of Cooperation between the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the State Conversion
Foundation of the Russian Federation (SCF)
-- Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Establishment of a System
of Rural Credit Cooperation in the Russian Federation
Issued Statements
-- Joint Statement on the Presidential Management Training Initiative
(PMTI)
-- Joint Statement on Human Space Flight and Science Cooperation
-- Joint Statement on Aeronautics and Space Cooperation
-- Momentum Builds Towards Russia's Adoption of International
Accounting Standards
-- Joint Statement on Civil Aviation Issues
-- Joint Statement on Airworthiness
-- Summary Recommendations of the Capital Markets Forum