DATE=5/5/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-231736
TITLE=RUSSIA/ARMS (S-ONLY)
BYLINE=MICHELE KELEMEN
DATELINE=MOSCOW
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN HAS ORDERED THE
GOVERNMENT TO TIGHTEN CONTROLS ON MILITARY EXPORTS AND SO CALLED
"DUAL USE" TECHNOLOGY. V-O-A MOSCOW CORRESPONDENT MICHELE
KELEMEN HAS DETAILS.
TEXT: RUSSIA HAS OFTEN BEEN CRITICIZED FOR HAVING LAX CONTROLS
OVER WEAPONS EXPORTS. THE UNITED STATES HAS ALSO REPEATEDLY
ACCUSED THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT OF PROVIDING IRAN WITH TECHNOLOGY
THAT COULD BE USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. RUSSIAN
OFFICIALS DENY THIS.
BUT, IN APPARENT RESPONSE TO SUCH CRITICISM, KREMLIN SPOKESMAN
SERGEI YASTRZHEMBSKY TOLD REPORTERS TUESDAY THAT MR. YELTSIN IS
TAKING ACTION.
// YASTRZHEMBSKY ACT, IN RUSSIAN, ESTABLISH AND FADE ///
HE SAYS, "THE PRESIDENT CONSIDERS RELIABLE CONTROL OVER EXPORTS
OF MILITARY AND DUAL-PURPOSE TECHNOLOGY A TOP PRIORITY FOR
RUSSIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY." HE ADDS RUSSIA WILL ABIDE BY
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AIMED AT PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. (SIGNED)
NEB/MLK/PCF
05-May-98 12:17 PM EDT (1617 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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