U.S. Urged to Aid Former Soviet States
The United States should give more attention and money to newly independent republics as they emerge from the shadow of the former Soviet Union, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday.
Washington should help the republics deal with their internal problems as they lay political and economic foundations in this post-Soviet era, Mrs. Clinton said during a visit to Yekaterinburg.
“We spent trillions of dollars in the Cold War. And now that we no longer are poised against one another, I think we should be doing all that we can to assist Russia [and other former Soviet republics] to become as successful as possible,” she said.
The first lady embarked on an eight-day tour Monday. She has visited Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and flies to Ukraine today.
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