    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1999, Book I)]
    [June 21, 1999]
    [Pages 987-988]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Exchange With Reporters Following Discussions With Prime Minister Janez
    Drnovsek of Slovenia in Ljubljana
    June 21, 1999

        Q. Mr. Prime Minister, I wonder if you could tell us what President
    Clinton's visit means to your country, what you hope to get out of the
    visit?

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        Prime Minister Drnovsek. [Inaudible]--to visit, the first time we
    have the President of the United States in Slovenia, and I think it is
    confirmation of excellent relations that we established during the last
    year. And we cooperated in southeast situation; the Kosovo crisis was
    another crisis.
        So I think this is a confirmation for Slovenia, for our partnership,
    because of our role in this part of the world.

    President Boris Yeltsin of Russia

        Q. Mr. President, yesterday you had a chance to sit down across the
    table from Boris Yeltsin. We saw him get off at the airport. He looked
    very frail; at times his speech sounded slurred. You sat across the
    table, eyeball-to-eyeball. How would you assess Boris Yeltsin today?
        President Clinton. Yesterday, I can say, his movements were halting,
    but his mind was quite clear. He was very precise, very strong, and very
    eager for us to resolve our past differences and go on into the future.
    I actually was reassured by the meeting. I thought he was quite strong
    and quite clear yesterday.

    Note: The exchange began at 4:55 p.m. in the Presidential Palace. A tape
    was not available for verification of the content of this exchange.