← Back to the archive
Articles · 1988

Moscow: We attach great importance to the Middle Eastern issue

A report on the Reagan–Gorbachev meeting in Moscow: the Middle Eastern issue will be discussed later in their talks, and the Soviet Union stresses the importance of resolving it through an international conference. The subheading mentions the possibility of an upcoming meeting between Shamir and the Soviet foreign minister.

Original material

אחרונות_1988-05-30_כותרת_1.pdf ↗

Text & translations

Reagan met with Gorbachev and then surprised the security personnel, got out of the car and walked along a Moscow pedestrian street

Moscow: We attach great importance to the Middle Eastern issue

Resolution of the conflict in our region will be discussed at the summit □ Sources in Moscow: Shamir may soon meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze □ Reagan will meet today with refuseniks □ Good atmosphere between the two leaders, except for “frictions” over human rights

At the end of the first meeting yesterday between the leader of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the American president, Ronald Reagan, in Moscow, it became clear that the Middle Eastern issue would be raised later in their talks.

The Soviet spokesman, Gennady Gerasimov, said that the Soviet Union attaches great importance to the issue and that it should be resolved through an international conference, whose guiding principles should be those of the two

Related items

Articles · 1988

Reagan and Gorbachev: We renounce any intention of achieving military superiority; we will prevent war between us

A joint report on the end of the Moscow summit and Reagan and Gorbachev’s declaration on preventing war and renouncing the pursuit of military superiority. The article also describes the cancellation of a journalists’ visit to Armenia, economic agreements in Siberia, and Reagan and Shultz’s visits to Europe after the summit.

ידיעות אחרונות↗