41.   Opening the session Wednesday Kalyzhny said that recent snags that had halted a presidential summit on the issue were now being resolved.

42.   Relations were put back on track following the presidential summit between Jiang Zemin and Bill Clinton in New York last month.

43.   Sino-US ties were put back on track following the presidential summit between Jiang Zemin and Bill Clinton in New York last month.

44.   Soskovets and the chief Ukrainian negotiator, interim Prime Minister Yevgeny Marchuk, were expected to sign several documents in preparation for the presidential summit.

45.   The ministerial meeting precedes a presidential summit scheduled for Wednesday.

46.   The Moscow events on Tuesday follow World War II anniversary commemorations in London, Paris and Berlin and will end on Wednesday with a Russian-US presidential summit.

47.   The official said the Taiwan issue was brought up briefly by Qian during his meeting with Christopher, but would certainly take center state at the presidential summit.