RUSSIA: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ANDREI KOZYREV MEETS UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ANTHONY LAKE FOR TALKS.

Record ID: 337707

  • Title: RUSSIA: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ANDREI KOZYREV MEETS UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ANTHONY LAKE FOR TALKS.
  • Date: 13th August 1995
  • Summary: SOCHI, RUSSIA (AUGUST 13, 1995) (REUTERS TV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV CITY SKYLINE (2 SHOTS) 0.09 2. GV/VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AT BEACH/SUNBATHING/ SWIMMING (4 SHOTS) 0.31 3. SV RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ANDREI KOZYREV WITH UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ANTHONY LAKE 0.37 4. ZOOM LAKE SAYING "I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION. IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY WORK TOGETHER...ACKNOWLEDGING THAT HE OPTIMISTIC (ENGLISH) 1.01 5. SV CAMERAMAN 1.03 6. SV KOZYREV SPEAKING AS WALKING AWAY WITH LAKE (RUSSIAN) 2.28 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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  • Location: SOCHI, RUSSIA
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  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA24V0KNVXKEVP3L7HWGTMDNOGG
  • Story Text: Russia and the United States, both seeking to seize the initiative in peace talks on former Yugoslavia, said on Sunday (August 13) they hoped to find common ground.

    Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev, speaking in the Black Sea resort of Sochi before talks with U.S. President Bill Clinton's national security adviser, was optimistic.

    "We are not expecting disagreements," Kozyrev told reporters outside the villa where he was due to meet Anthony Lake. "On the contrary, our efforts are moving in the same direction." Lake, visiting Russia as part of a tour of several European countries, said on arrival that he was looking forward to the meeting. "It's very, very important that we are working together," he said.

    The talks were arranged on Thursday to try to coordinate separate peace plans drawn up by Washington and Moscow since a Croatian offensive last weekend which appeared to radically alter the balance of power in the Yugoslav conflict.

    Russian President Boris Yeltsin has called for direct talks between the leaders of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia to be followed by an international conference with their participation.

    On Saturday Washington launched its own new initiative, deciding to send Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke to Sarajevo, Zagreb and Belgrade for talks next week.

    Lake has been touring European capitals with a U.S. peace plan which has so far been kept under wraps. He added Russia to his itinerary only on Thursday.

    Asked if he was optimistic that Russia and the United States could find common ground in resolving the Balkan conflict Lake replied: "Of course I am." Kozyrev echoed this view. "All the building blocks we are using are clear -- troop withdrawal, mutual recognition and so on -- the question is how to link all these," he said.

    But the two sides seem divided on several issues including whether to ease sanctions against Serbia and lift an arms embargo against the Bosnian Moslems.


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