GENEVA: The US-Russia honeymoon has come to an end.” Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev declared recently, increasingly rancorous talks with US Secretary of State Warren Christopher over Chechnya and Russia’s nuclear sales to Iran.
In a more encouraging vein, Kozyrev said the two countries have a growing ability to resolve problems.
The honeymoon ended “not in divorce,” he told a news conference after the meeting of almost four hours. Christopher, too, portrayed the recently strained relationship as one in which US and Russian leaders are determined to address differences
“Jointly.” But as the two men opened discussions for a May meeting in Moscow between President Bill Clinton and Russia’s President Boris Yeltsin, it was clear they had failed to move closer to resolving differences over Iran, Chechnya and NATO.
They announced formation of a working group to study nuclear proliferation issues, apparently seeking a way to deal with US opposition to Russia’s plan to sell a nuclear power plant to Iran.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 31, 1995
