At a Glance : Friday’s Highlights
Weapons: President Clinton and Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin signed a pact calling for their nations to aim nuclear weapons away from each other.
NATO: Yeltsin informed Clinton that Russia intended to participate in Partnership for Peace, a NATO plan offering military and political cooperation with former Warsaw Pact rivals.
Ukraine weapons: Clinton and Yeltsin signed a three-way agreement with Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk under which Ukraine pledged to transfer all the nuclear warheads to Russia for dismantling.
More arms control: Clinton and Yeltsin issued a statement calling for efforts to discourage the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and to control sensitive dual-use technologies. They called on North Korea to allow inspection of its nuclear facilities.
The President’s Schedule
Moscow is 11 hours ahead of Pacific time, Minsk 10 hours and Geneva nine hours. All times below are local.
Today:
9 a.m.: Clinton’s formal departure from Kremlin.
10:30 a.m.: Arrives in Minsk, Belarus.
11:50 a.m.: Meetings with Chairman Stanislav Shushkevich and other Belarus officials.
4:30 p.m.: Leaves Minsk for Geneva.
6:30 p.m.: Meets with Swiss officials in Geneva.
Sunday:
9:30 a.m.: Meets with President Hafez Assad of Syria.
2:45 p.m. Leaves Geneva for Washington.
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