Word: counterpart
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Soviets' pre-Geneva rhetoric calculated to create soaring expectations. Having promised that his nation would campaign against Star Wars "at the top of its voice," Gromyko did precisely that in person in Western Europe. During a three-day visit to Rome, he reportedly warned Giulio Andreotti, his Italian counterpart, that U.S. renunciation of its space defense plan was "absolutely essential." Moreover, Gromyko's performance in Rome was merely the opening shot in a propaganda campaign against Star Wars that seems likely to grow even shriller than the "peace" campaign of the early '80s, which was aimed at preventing U.S. deployment...
...their negotiating team. It will be led by Victor Karpov, a veteran diplomat who was his country's chief negotiator in both the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) at the end of the Carter Administration and the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) during the first Reagan term. His American counterpart in the upcoming discussions will be Washington Attorney Max Kampelman...
...idea has taken hold that Reagan is now ready to rush around the world to seek a summit with his Soviet counterpart, forget it. "I don't think there'd be any point in just having a get-acquainted meeting," said Reagan. "No, I've never been to (the Soviet Union). Looking out the window (of the White House) at all this snow, I'd rather pick a better place (than Russia)-- like the Bahamas...
...meeting ended with an agreement for further high-level talks to be overseen by Secretary of State George Shultz and his Japanese counterpart, Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe. While these steps may not be able to alleviate the boeki masatsu, the genial summit may at least help reduce domestic political pressures on both Reagan and Nakasone...
When Secretary of State George Schultz and his Soviet counterpart. Andrei Gmomyko, emerge from their closed session this afternoon, it is hard to see that anything meaningful will have transpired, at least according to the maximalist standards held by the hordes of Western press who have flocked to Geneva. The best that can be hoped for will be an agreement for the two, or some of their underlings, to meet again to continue discussion on how to make reductions in the huge nuclear stockpiles held by the two countries. Certainly, however, such future talks will be doomed to failure...