	stoltenberg says baker meeting underscores accord west german finance minister gerhard stoltenberg said the meeting on monday with u s treasury secretary james baker underscored the determination of the u s and west germany to continue close cooperation to stabilise foreign exchange rates stoltenberg told a news conference the statement released yesterday monday after the private meeting emphasized our determination to continue the close economic cooperation regarding foreign exchange stabilization and monetary policy stoltenberg said that he baker and bundesbank president karl otto poehl had a very constructive discussion and had all reached a positive evaluation of the louvre accord during their meeting on monday stoltenberg said initial contacts with several european counterparts showed that they shared this view we expect the declaration of our unified position to have a positive effect he said he noted that the dollar firmed again in late u s trading after the outcome of the baker meeting was published reuter 
