WASHINGTON : Hope in Winter
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President Bush opens a meeting of top officials from more than 50 countries Wednesday to coordinate efforts to help the pieces of the former Soviet Union survive a harsh winter and reform their economies.
The meeting has taken on major symbolic importance as a sign of the West’s commitment to help the newly autonomous nations survive.
Secretary of State James A. Baker III insists the meeting isn’t a “pledging session” aimed at extracting promises of new aid. But officials say they expect several countries to announce modest amounts of additional aid.
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