INAUGURATION OF A " RUSSIAN WEEK " A WASHINGTON








WASHINGTON, March 13.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Arkadi Orlov).  An
exposure of fabrics of the Russian painter Nikolai Timkov is held with
the siege of the Organization of the States americains (OAS) has
Washington.  Its varnishing has mark the official opening of the "
Russian Week " which since six years already deroule in the buildings
of this international organization.

The secretary-general by interim of the OAS Luigi Eimaudi and the
ambassador of Russia in the United States Youri Ouchakov spoke at the
time of the inaugural ceremony.

Youri Ouchakov A stresses that Russia attached much price has its
relations with the OAS, considerant this international organization
like a forum inedit for the co-operation in several sectors of
importance, of which regional stability, the humans right, the fight
against the stupefiants, the repression of terrorism.

Ambassador A in addition announces that the Russian government had
decide to allot this year 25 purses for the formation in Russia of
specialists of these countries.

Trente-quatre country of Americas of North and the South, whose United
States and Canada, are members of the OAS.  It is in 1992 that Russia
received the statute of permanent observer within this organization,
and since it takes share regularly has this work.