FOREIGN MINISTRY CRITICIZES US CONGRESS ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONSBAN.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Grigory Karasin told a pressbriefing June 29 that Moscow "rejects the insinuation"by the US House of Representatives that Russia is not living upto its commitments on destruction of biological weaponry, Russianradio reported. The House on June 13 linked future American aidto Russia to an assurance by President Clinton that Moscow wasliving up to its promises. In March 1995, Boris Yeltsin issueda directive to speed up Russian work toward compliance, the radionoted.

Gore, Chernomyrdin Upbeat at Meeting.