RUSSIA: MOSCOW: YASSER ARAFAT ARRIVES FOR TALKS WITH BORIS YELTSIN

(8 Oct 1998) Natural Sound Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat arrived in Moscow on Thursday for talks with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Arafat will meet with Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov and a host of other senior Moscow officials. The Palestinian leader is expected to sign a series of bilateral agreements as well as brief the Russian leadership on the results of his 2-day meetings with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu and U-S Secretary of State Albright. As Arafat’s plane touched down in Moscow, Washington was reporting “significant progress“ in advance of next Thursday’s Mideast summit in the U-S. There, Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U-S President Bill Clinton, hoping to work out an agreement on a West Bank pullback and other issues. Ahead of Arafat’s arrival in Moscow, the Palestinian leader sat down with Netanyahu and Albright in Gaza - breaking bread an