1.   At first, Russian officials said the Indian reactor deal was under review.

2.   He did not mention that the reactor deal is on hold because Bush wants Pyongyang to end its own nuclear warhead program and stop exporting dangerous weapons.

3.   Russia says the reactor deal is justified under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

4.   Perry also pressed the matter with Defense Minister Pavel Grachev, asserting that the reactor deal would give Iran a new avenue to nuclear knowhow.

5.   Christopher asked Kozyrev in a January meeting not to proceed with the Iran reactor deal.

6.   Clinton said after his meeting with President Boris Yeltsin on Wednesday that he still wished Russia would drop the reactor deal.

7.   Iran has denied claims by the United States taht it is secretly developing nuclear weapons and pressuring the Russians to scrap the reactor deal.

8.   Karasin emphasized that the reactor deal meets provisions of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

9.   Russia holds that the reactor deal meets provisions of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

10.   South Korea also sees the reactor deal as a possible way to promote political talks with the north.