BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Oct 18, 2001.
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Mongolia will participate in the international consumer goods fair in
Havana
For the first time Mongolia will participate in the international consumer
goods fair to be held in Havana, Cuba, from 28 October to 4 November. According
to M. Oyunchimeg, chief on foreign relations and cooperation of the Chamber of
Trade and Commerce, Mongolia will display woollen, cashmere and leather
products, and Mongolian carpets. It would be a good opportunity to study the
Latin American countries' market, exchange information and establish new
partners, she said.
Mongolia decides on customs tax exemptions, travel arrangement with Cuba
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Oct 18, 2001
The cabinet at its regular meeting on Wednesday [17 October] considered a
draft intergovernmental agreement on the conditions of mutual travels of
citizens between Mongolia and Cuba, the cabinet members decided to sign the
agreement.
Resolution was adopted on the procedures not to levy, reduce and repay
customs tax in some special circumstances. Techniques, equipment , instruments
of measurement and similar items necessary for international meetings and
conferences, tournaments, research experiments and training will be brought
without tax and after keeping under customs control returned to their owners.
Source: E-mail Daily News, Ulaanbaatar, in English 0654
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Russia expects USA to reciprocate for closing of radar centre in Cuba
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Oct 18, 2001
Moscow, 18 October: Spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Aleksandr
Yakovenko has welcomed the statement of US President George W. Bush, who
described Moscow's intention to close the radar centre in Lourdes, Cuba, as a
sign of the end of the Cold War.
Russia, "naturally expects reciprocal moves from the United States",
Yakovenko told the press today.
"American radio-electronic intelligence centres, which were opened in
the Cold War epoch and are still functioning, are situated in countries
neighbouring Russia," the diplomat said.
"We have said more than once that we have serious questions about the
station in Vardoe, Norway," he said.
"The world is changing, and the nature of challenges, which are
confronted by the international community and can be neutralized only by joint
efforts, are changing as well," Yakovenko noted.
Russia "is ready to build its relations with the United States on a new
basis of pragmatic cooperation, which will provide for strategic stability on
the planet and take into account the interests of other countries", he
said.
Source: Interfax news agency, Moscow, in English 1251
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