Word: gerasimov
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...outcome of that refusal, the Kremlin calibrated its response with great care. Early in the week, the Congress issued a timid resolution urging that "wisdom, sound reason and a balanced approach" prevail in China. Later, caution became less evident. "We hadn't expected this," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov, adding that his government was "extremely dismayed" over the events in China. But Moscow's options were limited. After almost two decades of exchanging ideological insults, the Chinese were scarcely prepared to accept a lecture from the Soviets. In any case, admonitions would only feed lingering Chinese suspicions that...
...briefing by Soviet cultural luminaries was dominated by questions about the student demonstrations, the director of the Soviet press center at the Beijing International Hotel finally blew up. "You are putting us in a difficult position," he snapped. "Ask questions about our country." Foreign Ministry press spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov resorted to irony when queried about the wreath-laying ceremony. "We are guests and never argue with our hosts," he replied. "We recognize that it would be physically impossible to carry out this part of the program. But it is a matter for the Chinese...
Checking his notes after being questioned at a midnight briefing about the remark, Gerasimov quoted Gorbachev as saying, "And we have our hotheads...
...Gerasimov said the talks, expected to set the agenda for further efforts to rebuild the relationship after a freeze of three decades, produced general agreement for eventual withdrawal of troops from the border...
...want the Soviet-Chinese border to be protected only by friendship," Gerasimov said...