U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Russian Prime Minister ViktorChernomyrdin concluded the ninth meeting of the U.S.-Russian JointCommission on Economic and Technological Cooperation in Moscow today.The co-chairmen of the Commission announced the signing of 10agreements completed during the Commission meeting. In addition, 8statements were issued.

Signed by the Vice President and Prime Minister


Joint Statement of the United States and the Russian Federation on theFuture Work of the Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation

Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America andthe Government of the Russian Federation Concerning CooperationRegarding Plutonium Production Reactors

Signed by Committee Chairs and Others


Agreement Between the U.S. Department of Defense and the RussianMinistry of Atomic Energy Concerning the Modification of the OperatingSeversk (Tomsk Region) and Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Region)Plutonium Production Reactors, including Side Letter.

Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Department of Energy andthe Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy Concerning Cooperation RegardingPlutonium Production Reactors

Joint Statement Between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and theRussian Federal Nuclear and Radiation Safety Authority to EnhanceRegulatory Oversight of Core Conversion Activities

Mars-98 PMIRR Memorandum of Understanding

Joint Statement on Science and Technology Committee's Working Group onTechnology Commercialization

Joint Statement on New Activities of the U.S.-Russia BusinessDevelopment Committee

BDC Co-Chairmen's Joint Letter Regarding Lessons from the Experienceof the U.S. West Coast-Russian Far East Ad Hoc Working Group

OPIC Signed Announcement of $50 million in insurance for CitibankLending Expansion in Russia


Issued Statements

• Joint Statement on Human Space Flight and Science Cooperation
• Joint Statement on Aeronautics and Space Cooperation
• Announcement of SABIT's Russian Far East Program
• Report of the Interministerial-Interagency Working Group on OilIndustry Taxation to GCC
• Report of the U.S.-Russia Capital Markets Forum
• OPIC Announcement of $64.8 million in insurance coverage to GD Searle& Company of Skokie, Illinois to establish and operate a pharmaceuticalmanufacturing and sales operation just outside of Moscow.
• OPIC Announcement of $3 million in insurance coverage to LeathertouchFabrics International, Ltd. for expansion of easting* small businessproject involving the sale of U.S.-made artificial leather fabrics andfurniture in Russia.
• OPIC Announcement that Russia Partners Equity Investment Fund,announced at GCC1, is now fully invested or committed to invest $155million in companies in Russia and the NIS.