Lithuania Crisis ‘Disturbs’ U.S., French Leaders
President Bush said today that he and French President Francois Mitterrand were deeply disturbed by Soviet economic sanctions against Lithuania and that the United States is considering “appropriate measures.”
Bush told a news conference after talks with Mitterrand here that he and the French leader had a thorough discussion of the crisis over Lithuania’s independence bid in which the Soviet Union has begun economic sanctions.
“We’re deeply disturbed by recent Soviet statements and activities regarding Lithuania which will clearly not improve the atmosphere,” Bush said.
“I told President Mitterrand that the United States is considering appropriate measures to be taken in the light of Soviet actions,” he said.
Today, the Soviet Union sharply curtailed Lithuania’s supplies of natural gas, one day after the Soviets shut off the flow of petroleum of the breakaway Baltic state. (Story, P2.)
Both men also stressed the importance of NATO in an era of change in Europe.
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