NATION/WORLD
University Daily Kansan / Fridav. Januarv 24.1992
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Washington
Bush-Yeltsin meeting planned
President Bush and President Boris Yeltsun or Russia will meet at Camp David on Feb. 1, the day after both attend the United Nations Security Council summit, a White House representative said yesterday.
Both presidents will join heads of state from a dozen other nations at the Jan. 31 Security Council summit in New York to discuss the challenges facing the post-Cold War world.
"The two presidents plan on an informal exchange of views on recent developments in Russia and on the major issues in the U.S.-Russian relationship, such as nuclear arms, the Russian economic program and humanitarian aid efforts," said Gary Foster, deputy press secretary.
Bush on Thursday evening will go to New York, return to Washington and fly to Camp David on Friday. Bush will hold bilateral meetings in New York with several leaders, but not Yeltsin, the representative said.
Lima. Peru
Rebels say they shot U.S. craft
Shining Path rebeles claimed yesterday they shot down a U.S. helicopter earlier this month that crashed in Peru's coca-producing interior. Three Americans aboard the craft were killed.
In its secretly published El Diario newspaper, the Maoist group said it used surface-to-air missiles Jan. 12 to down the UH-1H chopper. The chopper was shot as it hovered near a grounded helicopter that had made an emergency landing for repairs.
A U.S. Embassy representative refused to comment on the crash investigation or the guerrillas' claim.
The Shining Path rebels control much of Peru's coca-producing interior, providing protection for drug traffickers.
The three Americans killed were employed by Dyncorp, a private U.S. company contracted by the State Department to fly and maintain U.S. aircraft on loan to Peru's Santa Lucia police base. The base is the center for anti-drug operations in Peru's jungle
From The Associated Press
Nations promise aid to former U.S.S.R.
WASHINGTON — Forty-seven nations, large and small, agreed yesterday to a massive global effort to rescue millions of hungry people in the former Soviet Union with humanitarian shipments of food and medicine.
The Associated Press
The United States will airlift supplies to the 12 former republics with 54 sories beginning Feb. 10. The food aboard will include 38.4 million pounds left over from the Persian Gulf War, enough for 16 million meals. A million doses of Desert Storm antibiotics will be carried by the C-5 and C-141 cargo planes as well.
Secretary of State James Baker, who organized a two-day conference on coordinating aid efforts, said several nations had offered contributions in closed lobbies. The financial assistance amounted to $645 million at the opening session Wednesday.
Japan pledged $50 million in grants to purchase
medicine and U.S. officials said South Korea had offered $800 million and Thailand $450 million in low-interest loans. Argentina offered to take in 100,000 refugees.
Theft poses a serious problem in the effort.
"We have to have personal present from the point of arrival to the point of receipt," said a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity. "The key is to limit the number of stops."
Some polls have indicated, meanwhile, that Americans think the United States already is giving the former republic too much aid.
In Moscow, Pavel Voshchanov, representative for Russian President Boris Yeltsin, said the announcement contained nothing surprising. Voshchanov said that Yeltsin spoke with Bush about a month ago and that the U.S. president discussed the possibility of forming a special Air Force squadron to fly aid to Moscow.
Estonia Prime Minister resigns at troubled time
The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Prime Minister Edgar Savisaar of Estonia, who led the Ealctic republic to independence from the Soviet Union, resigned yesterday saying he was unable to resolve the grave food and energy shortages caused by the Soviet collapse.
The troubles of the small nation, once among the most prosperous regions of the Soviet Union, are indicative of the problems facing all the former republics.
Just five months after winning international diplomatic recognition, the Baltic country of 1.6 million people last week imposed a three-month state of emergency.
In Tallinn, the capital and one of the better-supplied cities in Soviet times, central heat is being lowered, hot water is being turned off and stores are
being emptied of bread, milk, cheese and butter.
"Because of the present political situation in Estonia, we cannot carry out our policy," the Estonian News Agency quoted Savisaar as saying.
The news agency said that Savisarra recommended that his job be given to President Arnold Rutel. The new prime minister and Cabinet reportedly were to be nominated next week.
"There is a need for a new team just now. The members of the present government will certainly take an active part in Estonian political life in the future." Savisaar was quoted by Tass as saying.
"The most important thing now is to preserve stability and peace in Estonia."
Savisar is an economist who heads the People's Front, which led the drive that culminated in international recognition for Estonia. He had been prime minister since May 1990.
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