TRANSCRIPT: CLINTON FINAL DENVER SUMMIT PRESS CONFERENCE
(Denver Summit made real progress on real problems)

Denver -- The agreements reached during the Denver Summit of the Eight, President Clinton said, demonstrate that the countries involved have made real progress on problems that matter to their people.

"The progress we've made here in Denver demonstrates again what I have said so many times in the last five years," the President said. "In this new era, foreign policy and domestic policy are increasingly intertwined. For us to be strong at home, we must lead in the world. And for us to be able to lead in the world, we must have a strong and dynamic economy at home and a society that is addressing its problems aggressively and effectively."

During a press conference at the conclusion of the Denver Summit of the Eight June 22, President Clinton list the areas of progress:

"To prevent financial crises from one country from sending shockwaves around the world, something we have seen on two different occasions in the last few years, we've strengthened our network of banking and market officials to monitor financial policies and police risky practices.

"We moved forward in our fight against new security threats that confront all our people. We intend to step up our collective efforts against the growing international problem of high-tech and computer-related crime. We agreed to work more closely to stem the spread of materials of mass destruction that could be used in terrorist attacks.

"To help ensure that as we dismantle nuclear weapons dangerous materials don't fall into the wrong hands, we'll tighten control on plutonium stockpiles and establish a rapid response network to prevent nuclear smuggling.

"Together, we've begun to tackle another very dangerous threat we'll all face together in the years ahead: infectious diseases that can span the planet in the space of an airline flight. We've agreed to create a global early warning system to detect outbreaks and help us to get the right medicines where they're needed quickly.

"And in all of these efforts, we believe we are stronger because we now have Russia as a partner. I'm pleased that for the first time Russia took part in our summit from the start and that this week we reached agreement on Russia's joining the Paris Club for creditor nations -- evidence of Russia's emergence as a full member of the community of democracies."