From April 3 to 4, US President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin reached common ground at a get acquainted summit in Vancouver that revolved around a crucial $1.6 billion US economic aid package for Russia. At the end of the meeting, a joint communique, the so-called Vancouver Declaration, was proclaimed. On April 15, the meeting of foreign and financial ministers of the Group of Seven Industrialized Nations unveiled plana in-Tokyo to provide aid for
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