    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 25 (Monday, June 28, 1999)]
    [Page 1164]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    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?
        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.