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Today in Prague a meeting
of the Political

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Consultative Committee
of the member states

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of the Warsaw Treaty was held.

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Let me remind you that on February
twenty-fifth in Budapest,

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the ministers of foreign affairs and
defense signed a protocol on

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the termination of military
agreements concluded within

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the framework of the Warsaw Treaty,
and the abolition of all its

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military bodies and structures.

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In the current situation, and this
is emphasized in the communiqué,

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prepared following the results
of the current meeting, correspond

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qualitatively new relations
of good neighborliness, partnership,

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mutual respect and
friendly cooperation

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between equal
sovereign states.

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"In making the decision to dissolve
the Warsaw Treaty,-

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said, speaking at the meeting,
Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev,- we

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are ahead of other existing
military-political groupings

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in Europe, but we
are, of course, moving

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in step with the times."

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Thus, the process of transformation
of blocs in Europe has begun,

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and the states comprising
the Warsaw Treaty

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have taken their decisive
step along this path.

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Today in Prague was signed
the protocol on the termination

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of the treaty
concluded on the fourteenth

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of May, nineteen fifty-five,
which went down in

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history under the name Warsaw.

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For the Soviet Union, the protocol
was signed by Vice President of the USSR

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Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev.

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Also today took place a meeting
of USSR Vice President Yanayev,

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Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bessmertnykh with President

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of Romania Iliescu,
Prime Minister Roman

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and Minister of Foreign
Affairs Nastase.

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The discussion concerned Soviet-Romanian
relations.

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The state of economic ties
was discussed in detail.

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There is great mutual interest
in their development.

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The presence of a number of
promising projects was noted,

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the implementation of which
would help to relieve the acuteness

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of some problems facing
our countries.