Word: pavlov
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...south, to the area of his responsibility. Instead, he flew east, to Moscow. Aronson's destination conformed to the Administration's strategy and signaled respect: the U.S. was serious about engaging the Soviets in Central America. On June 20 at 10:10 a.m. Aronson and his Soviet counterpart, Yuri Pavlov, sat across from each other for the first time at a long conference table at a Soviet Foreign Ministry guesthouse in Moscow. The initial session went better than Washington could ever have imagined. Both Aronson and Pavlov appeared intent on solving problems rather than scoring points. Each clearly spoke with...
...void. More ominously, evidence suggested that Soviet munitions intended for Havana were being transshipped to Nicaragua. Technically, Gorbachev's pledge to Bush was being honored. On the ground in Central America, however, the situation had barely changed. Aronson asked for a clarification: Was transshipment permitted by Moscow? No, said Pavlov. "We will talk to our Cuban friends...
...equal value, the first Aronson-Pavlov session resulted in agreement on a mechanism for halting Sandinista arms shipments to the F.M.L.N. in El Salvador. Nicaragua wanted U.S. support in the U.N. for deployment of a peacekeeping force: the U.N. Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA). The group was supposed to monitor compliance with Article VI of Esquipulas, which prohibited the use of territory to aid guerrilla operations in neighboring states. The Sandinistas were eager to have ONUCA ensure that the contras in Honduras could not infiltrate Nicaragua. The U.S. insisted that ONUCA also monitor the clandestine flow of arms from...
...quickly became clear that both Washington and Moscow were fortunate to have Pavlov as the Soviet interlocutor. At the second session on the first day of meetings, the Soviet delegation was joined by Komplektov, the Deputy Foreign Minister. Komplektov was well known to veteran American diplomats as a hard-line old thinker. With Aronson, he lived up to his reputation. At lunch between sessions, Komplektov told bad Russian jokes about affairs with the actress Gina Lollobrigida. Across the table, he rehashed old Soviet positions on Central America and lectured Aronson about the sensibilities of small Latin nations condemned by geography...
...further their cooperation, the Soviets asked that Washington respond favorably when the Sandinistas took positive steps. "The more evidence Managua sees that the U.S. is willing to coexist with them after the elections, assuming they win," said Pavlov, "the easier it will be to create a free and fair election." On Aug. 4, the Sandinistas signed an accord with the democratic opposition calling for the disbanding of the contras and general elections in February 1990. On Aug. 7, in the tortured syntax that defines diplomatese, Baker said publicly the U.S. was "very pleased with the steps that Nicaragua has taken...