RUSSIA: US SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT ARRIVES FOR SUMMIT

(31 Aug 1998) Natural Sound Russia's political and economic upheavals are overshadowing the forthcoming Russian- U-S summit. But President Clinton is urging the Russian people to "stay on the path of reform," and not take the easy way out and return to Communism. U-S Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, has just arrived in the Moscow and Clinton is due to leave the United States for the Russian capital U-S Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright flew into a Russian crisis that some fear might turn to chaos. She arrived on Monday as Russia's Lower House of Parliament rejected the appointment of Viktor Chernomyrdin as Prime Minister. The 'No' vote against Chernomyrdin came despite warnings the country is on the verge of political and economic collapse. Albright arrived in the Russian capital, Moscow for the forthcoming two-day Russian-U- S summit with President Boris Yeltsin. President Clinton is due to leave the U-S shortly for Moscow. On her arrival, Albright met with her Russian Foreign Minister, Yevgeny Primakov. U-S officials acknowledge that with Russia in economic turmoil and Yeltsin's Cabinet in flux, the two-day summit represents something of a gamble. But the President himself says keeping the date with Yeltsin is an important signal of U- S confidence in Russia's evolving democracy. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...