DATE=1/26/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-244722
TITLE=RUSSIA/ALBRIGHT WRAP (S)
BYLINE=PETER HEINLEIN
DATELINE=MOSCOW
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT'S TWO DAYS OF TALKS
IN MOSCOW HAVE NARROWED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND
RUSSIA ON SEVERAL KEY ISSUES.  BUT AS VOA'S PETER HEINLEIN 
REPORTS FROM MOSCOW, A NUMBER OF SHARP DISAGREEMENTS REMAIN.



TEXT:  SECRETARY ALBRIGHT SUMMED UP HER MEETINGS WITH SENIOR 
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS AS PROGRESS DOWN A GOOD ROAD.

                       ///ALBRIGHT ACT///

         THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT ARE ON THE TABLE WHEN 
         WE TALK, AND ON SOME WE AGREE TOTALLY AND ON SOME OF 
         THEM WE DISAGREE PARTIALLY.

                          ///END ACT///

SHE SAID TALKS WITH RUSSIAN LEADERS YIELDED PROGRESS ON AMENDING 
A TREATY LIMITING THE SIZE OF ARMED FORCES IN EUROPE. AN 
AGREEMENT WAS ALSO REACHED ON MONITORING RUSSIAN LAUNCHES OF U-S 
SATELLITES TO PREVENT LEAKS OF SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY.

BUT SHARP DIFFERENCES REMAIN ON ISSUES SUCH AS KOSOVO, IRAQ AND 
DISARMAMENT. 

DESPITE MS. ALBRIGHT'S BEST EFFORTS, RUSSIAN OFFICIALS REMAIN 
ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO A U-S REQUEST TO OVERHAUL THE ANTI-BALLISTIC
MISSILE TREATY. FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV SAID AMENDING THE 
ACCORD COULD UNDO THE ENTIRE ARMS CONTROL PROCESS. (SIGNED)

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26-Jan-99 2:35 PM EST (1935 UTC)
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