THE WHITE HOUSE

                  Office of the Press Secretary
                          (Riga, Latvia)
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For Immediate Release                                July 6, 1994

                   REMARKS OF PRESIDENT CLINTON
                    IN PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH
         THE PRESIDENTS OF LATVIA, LITHUANIA AND ESTONIA

                            White Room
                           Riga Castle
                           Riga, Latvia

11:30 A.M. (L)

Q What did you sign, Mr. President?

Q Mr. President, did you make any progress in your conversation with Mr. Yeltsin?

THE PRESIDENT: I think we're making good progress. I think we're making good progress toward completing the troop withdrawals on schedule, working out some of the remaining controversies over the rights of Latvian minorities. I feel good about it.

We talked about that here, as well as about our economic cooperation. And this agreement is, I think, just the beginning of what will be a long and very deep relationship between these two countries, and with the United States and the Baltics generally.

Q Did Yeltsin give you a firm commitment on August 31 withdrawal?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, he certainly clearly wants to complete the troop withdrawal and he's worked very hard. You know, this has been a priority issue between the two of us, and I think that it will proceed apace. I feel good about where we are right now.

THE PRESS: Thank you.

END 11:32 A.M. (L)