They signed a key elements agreement for a strategic arms treaty, a chemical weapons reduction accord, and a trade agreement reducing barriers to U.S.-Soviet commerce. Presidents Bush and Gorbachev met in Washington and Camp David in May 1990.
May 1990: Gorbachev and Bush Meet at Camp David and Washington The Soviet Union and other participants also accepted President Bush's January 31 proposal for troop reductions in Europe. In February 1990, in Ottawa, the four major World War II Allies (the United States, United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union), as well as the two Germanys, agreed on a framework for negotiating the unification of Germany. On February 10, Secretary Baker testified before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Supreme Soviet.įebruary 1990: Discussions on the Reunification of Germany They also addressed Soviet emigration policy, German unification, and regional issues. They discussed a range of arms control questions, making progress on conventional, nuclear, and chemical agreements. Secretary Baker met with President Gorbachev and Foreign Minister Shevardnadze in Moscow in February 1990. The Soviet Foreign Ministry called the initiative "a step in the right direction."įebruary 1990: Secretary of State Baker Visit to Moscow
The United States would be able to maintain an additional 30,000 in peripheral nations. and Soviet troops in Central Europe to 195,000 on each side. In his January 1990 State of the Union Address, President Bush proposed cutting U.S. United States Relations with Russia: After the Cold War
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