[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[April 28, 1992]
[Page 659]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Meeting With 
First Deputy Prime Minister Yegor Gaydar of Russia

April 28, 1992
    The President met for approximately 20 minutes this afternoon in the 
Oval Office with the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Yegor 
Gaydar, who was in Washington to attend the annual meeting of the 
International Monetary Fund (IMF). The discussion focused mainly on the 
reform process in Russia. The President congratulated Mr. Gaydar on the 
outcome of the recent sessions of the Congress of People's Deputies and 
expressed the United States support for President Yeltsin and his 
program of reforms. The President stressed the importance of creating a 
favorable climate in Russia for private investment which will be vital 
to the success of the reform program. He also stated that it was 
important that Russia reach an agreement with the IMF on a standby 
program in order to activate the aid program that he had announced on 
April 1.