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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release July 6, 1998

               PRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOUNCES SUMMIT MEETING 
             WITH RUSSIAN FEDERATION PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN

The President announced today that he has accepted an invitation from President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin to meet in Russia in early September. The President underscored the vitality of the U.S.-Russian relationship and looks forward to engaging President Yeltsin and the Russian leadership on a broad range of issues. The President asked Vice President Gore to use his July 23-24 meetings in Moscow with Russian Prime Minister Kiriyenko to help prepare the agenda for the summit.

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