A CROWDED AGENDA FOR GORE-CHERNOMYRDIN TALKS.

US vice presidentAl Gore and Russian premier Viktor Chernomyrdin will cover a largenumber of issues when they meet in Moscow June 29-30, Segodnyareported June 27. In addition to discussions on the handling ofnuclear materials and on Moscow’s plans to sell reactors to Iran,the two leaders are likely to clash over the Missile TechnologyControl Regime, the paper said. Washington has adopted a "doublestandard" on this issue, according to Segodnya, becausethe U.S. is itself selling missile technology to a variety ofcountries while criticizing Moscow’s smaller deals with Braziland India.

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