LONDON : Mission to Moscow . . .

British Prime Minister John Major meets today in Moscow with Russian President Boris Yeltsin for talks centered on the West’s involvement in the Bosnia-Herzegovina crisis.

Accompanied by Foreign Minister Douglas Hurd, Major is expected to assure the Russians that the Western powers do not intend to become deeply embroiled in the military situation around Sarajevo. Aides in London say the British leader will try to persuade Yeltsin that the NATO decision to threaten air strikes against Bosnian Serb forces around the embattled city was justified and to seek Russian support as a step toward resolving the crisis. The Russians have supported the Serbs, who are fellow Slavs, in the conflict.