Peres Arafat talks near settlement. Hashimoto wins leadership
After about twelve hours of overnight talks Shimon Peres said most issues are concluded and finalization would come in the morning. In Tokyo Ryutaro Hashimoto won the Liberal Democratic Party leadership with 239 of 311 lawmakers and 81 percent of rank and file support, pledging to revive Japan’s four year slump. Greenpeace detainees questioned in Mururoa Atoll incident. two later released. Russia rejects NATO expansion and warns against concessions that would breach disarmament terms. Kozyrev voices opposition to expansion.