The EU and Russia agreed to continue work on a European security charter…

Date: 21/05/1998

...and pledged to tighten controls on biological weapons and weapons of mass destruction, at their summit late last week.

They also agreed to increase cooperation in cleaning up nuclear waste, and to combat drug smuggling and money laundering. In a statement, the two sides called on Latvia's leadership to solve the problems of ethnic Russians living in the Baltic state.