Mr. Chairman, the United States would like to join
you in welcoming the promising news provided by my
distinguished Russian colleague. We ourselves have been
following with great interest the reports of a senior
Russian delegation's visit to Tiraspol last week, which
does indeed appear to have been quite fruitful. We look
forward to the implementation of what has been agreed to
there.
Thank you.
Right of Reply:
The United States is pleased to hear the
distinguished representative of the Russian Federation
refer to ammunition rolling out on trains. We very much
look forward to that development and also look forward
to the use of the destruction equipment that has been
sitting idly -- and at a high cost -- for months and
months.
However, one has to say that, given the past record
of disappointments, we can unfortunately only be
guardedly optimistic at this point. We will reserve
further comment until Ambassador Swartz presents his
report to us next week.
Thank
you.
