ACCESSION NUMBER:292082

FILE ID:POL304

DATE:06/30/93

TITLE:WHITE HOUSE REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 (06/30/93)

TEXT:*93063004.POL

WHITE HOUSE REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30



(Economic Summit, Bosnia, Iraq)  (640)

NEWS BRIEFING -- Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers covered these topics:

ECONOMIC SUMMIT EXPECTATIONS SHIFT

The White House has put off until after the Japanese elections further

attempts to agree on a trade framework mechanism with Tokyo.



Myers suggested that Japan's political problems and the failure to agree on

a U.S.-Japanese mechanism have tilted the administration view of the Tokyo

summit of industrialized democracies July 7-9 and changed the "dynamics" of

the meeting.  "There are a lot of political issues that will be discussed,"

she said.



Reaching agreement on the mechanism "is difficult," she said, predicting the

matter will be put off until after the Japanese elections.  "It's now

becoming more unlikely that we'll have an agreement on framework before or

at G-7," Myers said.



"We're certainly not willing to change our standards in order to get an

agreement.  It's something we certainly want to continue to pursue with the

Japanese and after the Japanese elections we'll certainly pick up where we

left off and try to reach an accord and a framework for further

negotiations," she said.



Negotiators "made some progress over the weekend on a framework, but it was

difficult," she told a questioner.



"Obviously," she said, "the domestic political situation in Japan and a few

other things do make the situation a little bit different."



She said there are "a lot of political issues that will be discussed" at the

summit, including "Iraq terrorism," Iran and Bosnia, suggesting they would

be handled in the context of the political communique.  "What winds up in

the communique is something that will be worked out on the site," she

explained, "but I think those are issues that will come up....You have to

work out the details."



The "domestic political situation in Japan," Myers acknowledged, "has

changed the dynamics somewhat.  We're still hoping to make good progress on

issues like Russian aid, on some global growth agreements.  These are

obviously complicated; I don't think we expect to resolve them."



She defined "good progress" as "beginning a good dialogue.  Obviously we'll

have an economic communique and political communique as there always is.

We hope to reach some agreement on some global growth strategies.

Hopefully, we'll have some agreement on Russian aid, which is important to

the president; President Yeltsin will be there.  There are a lot of

political issues that will be discussed."



BOSNIA STANCE DEFENDED

Told that the United States "hadn't lifted a finger" to obtain United

1ations approval of a Security Council resolution lifting the arms embargo

on Bosnia and asked why, Myers said Washington's position was already very

clear.



"We made our position abundantly clear on that issue," she said.  "The

president has supported and continues to support lifting the arms embargo

for the Bosnian government and using air strikes or the threat of air

strikes in the interim while the Bosnian government rearms.  That is

something that the allies and other members of the Security Council clearly

do not support.  However, the U.S. position has been very clear."



IRAQ FAULTED IN IAEA COMPLIANCE

Myers told a questioner that Baghdad has yet to meet International Atomic

Energy Agency (IAEA) requirements on weapons inspection, but must comply.

She said there has been no change thus far in the stand-off.



"The Iraqi government has so far failed to meet IAEA requirements," she

said, "and we're going to continue to insist that they live up to their

international obligations."



Asked if there had been any change in Baghdad's position in the wake of the

cruise missile attack on Iraq's intelligence headquarters, she replied, "I

think they've sent mixed signals, but the IAEA is not satisfied."



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