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Reagan met with Gorbachev and then surprised the security personnel, got out of the car and walked along a Moscow pedestrian street
Moscow: We attach great importance to the Middle Eastern issue
Resolution of the conflict in our region will be discussed at the summit □ Sources in Moscow: Shamir may soon meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze □ Reagan will meet today with refuseniks □ Good atmosphere between the two leaders, except for “frictions” over human rights
At the end of the first meeting yesterday between the leader of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the American president, Ronald Reagan, in Moscow, it became clear that the Middle Eastern issue would be raised later in their talks.
The Soviet spokesman, Gennady Gerasimov, said that the Soviet Union attaches great importance to the issue and that it should be resolved through an international conference, whose guiding principles should be those of the two