VOL. XL

No. 38

22-September-1997

FSU

Israel Freezes Gas Supply Talks With Russia

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a freeze on all economic talkswith Russia, including a possible gas supply deal, because Israel believes Moscow ishelping Iran to develop ballistic missiles, according to David Bar-Ilan, the PrimeMinister's spokesman on 11 September. "There was a decision to stop negotiations aslong as the situation remains as it is," said spokesman Bar-Ilan, adding that US...