WHAT WORLD LEADERS SAID
‘The Continent, frozen in hostility for so long, has become a Continent of revolutionary change.’
GEORGE BUSH
U.S. President
‘Our meeting takes place at the turning point of two eras. It constitutes a major event. Its consequences will be felt for centuries.’
MIKHAIL S. GORBACHEV
Soviet president
‘There would be no summit today . . . had it not been for the . . . conviction of President Gorbachev that the desire for peace lives in the hearts and minds of all men and all women.’
BRIAN MULRONEY
Canadian prime minister
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