BORIS YELTSIN TAKES PART IN THE MEETING OF THE G8 IN COLOGNE
NTV, Segodnya, June 20, 1999, 16:00
Boris Yeltsin has met with US President Bill Clinton in Cologne. The meeting lasted 20 minutes longer than was planned. The presidents discussed issues connected with arms reduction. Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton confirmed their adherence to the AMD Treaty. They also stated that, at the end of this summer, they would start discussing a treaty on the reduction of strategic weapons. In addition to this, Bill Clinton declared that the debts of Russia should be written off.
ANOTHER SCANDAL IN THE CAUCASUS
NTV, Segodnya, June 20, 1999, 22:00
Four MiG-29 fighters of the Russian Air Force spent 37 minutes in the air space of Georgia. Two minutes before entering the air space of Georgia, the pilots of the MiG’s were asked to change their course. But they did not react to the demand. An attempt by the Georgian leadership to get in touch with the Headquarters of Russian Air Force was unsuccessful.
The Georgian Defense Ministry considers this incident to be a rude violation of the air space of an independent country.
