LITHUANIA RESPONDS TO GRACHEV’S WARNING.

Foreign Minister Povilas Gylys told a Vilnius news conference yesterday that "Lithuania will not alter its strategic goal of integration into Western defense institutions" as a result of Russian warnings, from Defense Minister Pavel Grachev the previous day. (See the November 16 Monitor) That integration "will assure us a peaceful future," Gylys said, stressing that Lithuania does not regard NATO’s enlargement as inimical to Russia. "Our enemy is instability," Gylys said. (5)

Belarus Claims to Achieve 70 Percent of Arms Reduction Targets.