Gorbachev: US-Russia relations of 'great concern' but salvageable

[DonViejo]

Former Soviet leader calls on Joe Biden to reach out to the Kremlin.

BY WILLIAM ADKINS

January 20, 2021 2:31 pm

Relations between the U.S. and Russia are of “great concern,” but Joe Biden should begin talks with the Kremlin to make the two countries’ “intentions and actions clearer,” according to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

In an interview with state news agency TASS on Wednesday, Gorbachev was asked about his expectations for the Biden presidency and said “something has to be done … in order to normalize relations.”

In 1991, Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) with his U.S. counterpart George H.W. Bush, leading to the two countries limiting their nuclear capabilities.

“I recall the mid-1980s,” Gorbachev said in the interview. “People were saying that nothing would work out relations with the United States. But we resumed the dialogue, met at the highest level — after a six-year break — and adopted a joint statement.”

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https://www.politico.eu/article/mikhail-gorbachev-us-russia-relationship-great-concern-salvageable/

[Proud liberal 80]

1. Wow

Didn’t know he was still alive...he must have been young when he was Soviet leader

[SheltieLover]

2. Not The Onion? 🤯

[OnDoutside]

3. Russia MUST pay a price before any chance of normalising relations. That's like "Unity" talk.

[CottonBear]

4. Many years ago, I attended a foreign policy speech that Gorbachev gave at the UGA Coliseum.

It was after he was no longer in office.

[BannonsLiver]

5. That should be a hard nyet.