RUSSIA: RUSSIA MAKES GOODWILL GESTURE AND ALLOWS VISITING CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN TO VISIT TOP SECRET SPACE CENTRE

Record ID: 646216

  • Title: RUSSIA: RUSSIA MAKES GOODWILL GESTURE AND ALLOWS VISITING CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN TO VISIT TOP SECRET SPACE CENTRE
  • Date: 4th September 1994
  • Summary: KALINGRAD, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 4, 1994) (RTV -- ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN ARRIVING AT SPACE CENTRE 0.08 2. GV: JIANG IN CONFERENCE ROOM BEING SHOWN SATELLITE MAP BY RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY CHAIRMAN YURI KOPTEV (3 SHOTS) 0.17 3. GV: JIANG AND KOPTEV LOOKING AT PICTURES OF ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE CENTRE MUSEUM 0.25 4. GV: CONTROL ROOM, JIANG ENTERING (4 SHOTS) 0.48 5. JIANG SPEAKING TO COSMONAUTS ON SPACE STATION VIA SATELLITE (5 SHOTS) 1.14 6. SPACE AGENCY STAFF APPLAUD WHEN CONVERSATION ENDS, ZEMIN WAVES TO COSMONAUTS 1.25 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 19th September 1994 13:00
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  • Location: KALINGRAD, NEAR MOSCOW, RUSSIA
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  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA4KQCHPGPCICN1AQP9FWRKHO5
  • Story Text: In what was interpreted as a goodwill gesture by the Russian government, Chinese President Jiang Zemin was allowed to visit Russia's largest space control centre in the town of Kalingrad near Moscow on Sunday (September 4).

    It was considered a sign of honour that Russian authorities allowed the foreign president to visit to the top-secret space centre.

    Jiang visited the centre's museum and chatted with cosmonauts on a space station via satellite.

    China, which has its own space program, appears interested in cooperating with its neighbour now that the decades-old confrontations between the two countries seem to be in the past.

    The visit to the space centre marked Jiang's third day of a five-day visit to Russia. He was granted the rare privilege of staying in the Kremlin, traditionally the residence of Russian rulers.

    He has also been invited to visit Russian president Boris Yeltsin's birthplace on Monday (September 5).

    On Sunday, Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen told a news conference in Moscow that the the two countries have pledged to build more stable ties.


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