RUSSIA, YUGOSLAVIA INK ACCORDS.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 3 Issue: 226

December 4, 1997 08:00 AM Age: 27 years

An official visit to Moscow by Yugoslav federal prime minister Radoje Kontic concluded yesterday with the signing of a package of agreements. They included the granting by Russia of a $150 million state credit to Yugoslavia for the purchase of Russian goods; a memorandum on trade liberalization; and an agreement on military-technical cooperation. Earlier today, Russian defense minister Igor Sergeev and his Yugoslav counterpart Ravle Bulatovic signed an additional agreement on cooperation between the two countries’ Defense Ministries. (RIA, December 3; Itar-Tass, December 4)

Bulgarian Minister in Moscow.

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