[EXCERPTS] BRIEFING BY THE VICE PRESIDENT'S
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR LEON FUERTH
THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
For Immediate Release
March 25, 1997
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MR. FUERTH: ......
The Premier asked a question about what went on in Helsinki. He said they knew about things in the general terms. He wondered whether the Vice President could add some detail. And the Vice President reviewed the major results of Helsinki, and Li Peng provided some insights as to the Chinese perspective on these things. Generally speaking, he said that the Chinese side regarded anything which helped Russia find a place of respect and of security inside an international framework was a good thing. And he said that one should not underestimate Russia, despite its present difficulties. And of course, the Clinton Administration has exactly the same view: One should not underestimate Russia; one should realize that it is always inherently a great power and treat it as such, knowing that whatever it's going through now it will come out of that.
They talked about the problem of nonproliferation and explored some areas where there is the possibility of closer communication, closer coordination. They shifted to trade, and they discussed the question of China's accession to the World Trade Organization. And the Vice President made it very clear that American policy strongly favors Chinese accession to the WTO on commercially viable terms.
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