Word: nato
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...American President had already practiced saxophone diplomacy twice before on his trip: once when he accepted a gift sax during the NATO summit in Brussels and then at a jazz club in Prague. The Russians handed him a third opportunity. Midway through an "informal" 22-dish dinner that included moose lips ("This was not a chocolate dessert," joked an American official), Yeltsin gave the President a five-inch blue-and-white porcelain figure of Clinton, one hand waving and the other clutching a saxophone. Suddenly -- but to no one's surprise -- a real one appeared, and Clinton rose...
...discussions in Moscow will focus yet again on the proposed expansion of NATO and on Yeltsin's reform plans. A new furor about the NATO issue exploded last week when Lithuanian President Algirdas Brazauskas formally applied for membership in the alliance. The Kremlin put out a statement warning that such moves could generate "undesirable attitudes in civilian and military circles" and "lead to military and political destabilization." Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev grumbled, "We don't like their seeking protection by hiding in NATO...
...will also have to advise Yeltsin against behaving too aggressively with his neighbors, especially the former Soviet republics Moscow calls "the near abroad." Russia has intervened militarily in Moldova, Georgia and Tajikistan, and is now shaking a fist at Lithuania. If Clinton is to placate Warsaw and Budapest on NATO membership, Yeltsin will have to offer reassurance to Central Europe by dissociating his government more vigorously from resurgent Russian nationalism...
...Minister Francois Leotard led the charge last week, calling on "the U.S. to intervene." The actual French position, worked out at a meeting chaired by President Francois Mitterrand, is limited: it calls for the U.S. and its allies to back a proposal authorizing the local U.N. commander to order NATO air strikes against units firing on U.N. troops...
After attending his mother's funeral in Arkansas, President Clinton proceeded with his first major European tour since taking office. He will attend a NATO summit meeting in Brussels during which he is expected to defend his plan that permits only very limited association with NATO for former Soviet-bloc countries. Clinton will also visit Moscow, where he will encourage Russian President Boris Yeltsin to carry on with his economic reforms but be more mindful of those who are suffering under them...