Word: gromyko
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...nearly two hour discussion with four prominent Soviet journalists broadcast last night on Soviet television. Gromyko renewed the Soviet campaign for a ban on development of a space-based missile defense, also known as "Star Wars...
...Gromyko also said he told Secretary of State George P. Shultz during their meeting in Geneva last week that continued deployment of NATO medium-range missiles in Western Europe could jeopardize chances for success at the news arms control talks...
...Gromyko rejected assertions from the Reagan administration that its $26 billion space-based Strategic Defense Initiative plan would be purely defensive. He said Moscow is being asked to rely on Washington's "conscience" to guarantee that the United States would not attack the Soviet Union once the antimissile system is in place...
...Gromyko was asked what would result if the United States failed to uphold the spirit of the Geneva agreement on preventing an arms race in space, and he replied: "Those consequences would be most grave. If it (the United States) embarks on that path, the talks would be blown up. We made such a warning to the U.S. delegates...
...joint statement issued by Shultz and Gromyko after the January 7-8 conference announced that the superpowers would set a date within one month to start negotiations encompassing strategic and medium-range nuclear missiles and space-based weapons...