FOUNDATION " KOURSK " CALLS COUNTRIES DEVELOPPES A DEBLOQUER OF THE
FUNDS FOR THE REINFLATION OF RUSSIAN SUBMARINE NUCLEAIRE " KOURSK
"







The HAGUE, March 1st.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Andrei Poskakoukhine).
The foundation " Koursk " has appele the heads of government of the
countries of the UE, of Japan, of Canada, of Norway and of the United
States has debloquer 1,9 million euros each one for the reinflation of
the Russian submarine nucleaire " Koursk " which had sinks in aoOet
last at sea of Barents.

Thus, the foundation " Koursk " will collect the moitie sum necessary
to carry out the operation of remontee submarine, is it indicates in
one communicates foundation whose text arrived Thursday has RIA "
Novosti ".

Russia will pay the other moitie.

The call has ete sign by the copresidents of the foundation " Koursk "
Alexandre Bessmertnykh, ex-minister sovietic of the Businesses
etrangeres, and Willem van Eckelen, ex-minister neerlandais of the
Defense and former president of the Union of Western Europe (UEO).

The foundation has exhorte the countries has not to waste time, the
remontee submarine not being possible that in July-aoOet for weather
reasons.

" If the submarine is not reinflates this year, this operation will be
more dangerous even impossible in one year ", is it underlines in
communicates.

A large Western bank has advertisement its desire to finance the
project of remontee of the " Koursk " if the Western governments gave
their letters of guarantee has the foundation " Koursk " from here
several weeks.