BIGGER G-7 ROLE FOR RUSSIA?

A White House spokesman suggested yesterday that Russia’s participation in the June 27-29 summit of the G-7 in Lyons, France would be "much broader" than in G-7 meetings that preceded the last one in Moscow. Michael McCurry said that developments at the Moscow summit had "in a definite sense raised the level of Russia’s participation." (Itar-Tass, April 24) Boris Yeltsin had openly lobbied for full G-7 membership during the meeting in Moscow, but the group deflected his request.

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