On this day, 26 years ago, July 25, 1999 (June 13, 1999 in the lunar calendar), Russian Prime Minister Stepashin visited the United States to improve Russia-US relations. The "frozen" Russia-US relations seem to be beginning to thaw. On July 25, 1999, Russian Prime Minister Stepashin visited the United States. On the eve of his visit, he told Itar-Tass reporters that Russia-US relations should remain stable and should not be affected by the turmoil. The Balkan incidents in recent months have complicated Russia-US relations, but since Russia-US relations have been laid a solid foundation in recent years, Russia and the United States have not slipped into the quagmire of confrontation. He said that the Kosovo crisis once again showed that the development of the entire world situation, the maintenance of international security and stability, and the resolution of many global and regional issues depend to a large extent on the quality of Russia-US relations. Russia-US relations are of great significance to Russia. In order to maintain the stability of Russia-US relations, all obstacles affecting stability must be removed, efforts must be made to resolve existing problems, and trust damaged by NATO's military strike against Yugoslavia must be restored. On July 29, Stepashin issued a statement after meeting with President Yeltsin, saying that President Yeltsin was satisfied with the results of his visit to the United States. Stepashin said that Russia and the United States are unwilling to unilaterally disarm. He believes that Russia and the United States also do not want to unilaterally undermine the Russia-US Anti-Missile Defense Treaty. Regarding the relationship between Russia and Iran, Stepashin said that he had assured the United States that Russia had no intention of proliferating nuclear weapons and increasing the number of countries with intercontinental nuclear missiles. Stepashin believes that the main signs of his successful visit to the United States are: the establishment of a personal relationship with Vice President Gore; the resumption of the normal work of the Russia-US Economic and Technical Cooperation Committee; The two sides exchanged views on major issues of common concern. The Russian Prime Minister's visit to the United States was supposed to take place in March 1999, but the visit was later postponed due to the Kosovo crisis in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. On March 23, then-Russian Prime Minister Primakov learned on his way to the United States that US-led NATO would use force against Yugoslavia. After the plane had already reached the coast of the United States, he turned around and returned to Moscow. In recent years, Russia and the United States have been in conflict and discord on economic, regional and arms control issues. The Yugoslav crisis has intensified tensions between the two countries. In the first few days of NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia, Russia-US relations almost embarked on the road of confrontation. The important task of Stepashin's visit to the United States this time is to repair the relations between the two countries that have been damaged by NATO's use of force against Yugoslavia.