(23 Oct 1996) T/I: 11:03:01
Russia's top decision makers reacted with displeasure on Wednesday (23/10) to US President Bill Clinton's call for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) expansion by the year 1999. Russian Foreign Minster Yevgeny Primakov reiterated that Russia opposes NATO's expansion into the former Warsaw Pact nations of central and eastern Europe.
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 23/10
Exterior Foreign Ministry;
Russian Foreign Minster Yevgeny Primakov and Yemeni foreign minister Abdul Karim di Aryani enter news conference;
CA media;
RUSSIAN SOT Primakov: "We haven't discussed questions connected with NATO. As to the matter in general, you know our negative attitude towards NATO's expansion plans."
CA media;
RUSSIAN SOT Primakov, continued: "I will put my detailed commentary into
two words: Let's wait and see." (this is two words in Russian);
WS Communist presser at Duma;
Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov;
CA media;
RUSSIAN SOT, Zyuganov: "The military strategy of expanding the block has outlived itself. One should march into the 21st century with a more humanistic and far-sighted policy. As for Clinton, elections are around the corner. There are many potential Polish votes around Buffalo and Chicago, so he probably wants to attract them."
WS presser.
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