RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 28, Part I, 9 February 2001
MOSCOW PROMISES NOT TO SELL WEAPONS-GRADE PLUTONIUM ABROAD...First Deputy Atomic Energy Minister Valentin Ivanov said that Russia will not sell weapons-grade plutonium abroad but instead will seek international assistance to denature and store it, Interfax reported on 8 February. PG
...AND RECOMMITS TO DESTROYING CHEMICAL WEAPONS. Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov told visiting Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Jose Bustani that Russia is committed to destroying its stocks of chemical weapons but "expects" help from abroad. PG
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