UNITED NATIONS s Security Csuncil Distr. GENERAL Si21374 26 June 1990 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: RUSSIAN LETTER DATED 25 J-UNE 1990 FROM THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS TO THE UNITED NATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL I have the honour to transmit to you herewith thu text of a statement dated 22 June 1990 by a representative Of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR. I should be grateful if you would have it distributed as an official document of the Security COUnCil. (SianeB) Y. VORONTSOV 90-15678 15711 (E) / . . l W21374 English Page 2 Annex STATEMENT BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE USSR On 20 June the United States announced that it was suspending the dialogue with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). As justification for its decision, it cited the absence of an adequate reaction on the part of the PLO to the operation mounted by Palestinian militants off the Israeli coast on 30 May 1990. It is generally known that, at its nineteenth session, in Algiero, the Palestine National Council declared that it renounced terrorism. As for the above-mentioned operation of 30 May, the PLO leadership has officially disavowed any involvement ia it. Accordingly, we regard the decision of the Ameritan Administration as regrettable. The United States action must be viewed in the context of the present deteriorating situation in the Middle East. It is obvious that the dialogue between the United States and the PLO, which is pursuAng a realistic and constructive course in Middle East affairs, could, for al1 its limited character, serve as one means of furthering the peace process in that region, the need for which is being felt now more than ever. The ending of the dialogue could play into 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a statement from the Soviet Union (now Russia) to the United Nations Security Council regarding a decision by the United States to suspend dialogue with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The statement discusses the reasons behind the decision and the implications for the Middle East peace process. The text does not mention any specific economic, environmental, or scientific issues, but rather focuses on political and diplomatic matters.

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