Us from eccles life stops. The cold war ended in moscow in 1990 bringing a new era of peace to europe a divide in germany was free to reunite the treaty that paved the way for german unity was signed here in moscow 30 years ago it was a historic victory for democracy and the deep rifts in europe were on the road to recovery. The lord is real im still aware that this was the most important signature of my life the book. It wasnt an illusion it was a political project to keep. We did a lot of things a lot different then when we won the cold war against. Soviet ambassador about a softer a cough bush here in moscow 30 years ago when the victorious powers of the 2nd world war determined the fate of germany moscow looks back on this treaty with far more criticism than the west does. Know the most of. Those years i think listen see is speeches and champagne lift or rather try to send annoying off to taste in new when you think about all of the problems that arose during the many negotiations
The. Assistant general secretary gorbachev has unequivocably given me his word that the soviet union will respect the wishes of the germans to live as one nation that. But the soviet union also had conditions the foreign minister should read not say stipulated before the International Press that a unified germany would have to maintain political and military neutrality upon his return call brushed over this very clear message from the kremlin he didnt want to taint the good news. That the soviet union imagine if unified germany in late had stayed yes of course all this was said yesterday. Kohl strategy was successful and his popularity grew hed made further offers of Financial Aid to gorbachev to discourage the kremlin from doing anything to block the way forward. It does mean is none of this would have happened if the soviet union hadnt been in such a dire economic position at the time of your life. So we didnt know it was struggling to keep its head above water on the west knew that
Libyas rival powers call for a new cease fire in a civil war but its unclear whether the war will support it so will the truce hold long enough to give peace a charles this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im wrong many have tried and failed to end years of conflict in libya but the 2 rival powers appear to have found some Common Ground with the latest truce and i once went. On friday tripolis a un recognized government called for fighting to come to an end and for elections to be held by march its rival administration in the east which backs the warlord holy for have to also urged all parties to stick to the truce the un expressed its support as did major have to back egypt but the warlord hasnt responded after has suffered a series of losses along libyas western coast since the start of this year the government in tripoli says it will respond if necessary many of them on someone who can enter will have to respect to cease fire where they will to guarantee he would re
West coast. And disneys new film rely on faces calls for a boycott and control the sea over links to. As its released in mainland china. India and china have reached an agreement on deescalation tensions along their disputed border nearly 3 months after the biggest a military confrontation between the 2 sides in the last 45 years Foreign Ministers from both countries have been holding talks in moscow the 5 point plan is centered around honoring existing border agreements 20 indian troops were killed in hand to hand combat in june in the border area of the northern the dak region which china also claims both sides are prohibited from using arms there under a treaty well for more on this lets speak to my whole crew woman hes the Deputy Director and senior associate for south asia at the Wilson Center is asia program he joins us now from washington d. C. Michael we knew these talks were happening did the extend of todays deal come as a surprise to you i think theres actually no timeline f
Being submerged teams battle to protect an ancient archaeological site from floods in sudan. India and china have reached an agreement on deescalating tensions along that disputed border really 3 months after the biggest military confrontation between the 2 sides in the last 45 years Foreign Ministers from both countries have been holding talks in moscow the 5 point plan is centered around honoring existing border agreements 20 indian troops were killed in hand to hand combat in june in the border area of the northern which china also claims both sides are prohibited from using arms under a treaty well lets bring in schmidt ganguli hes a professor of Political Science at Indiana University in bloomington. Weve seen a number of serious clashes recently along the line of control between both sides how significant is this deal and how much pressure was there on both india and china to deescalate tensions. Well i think this deal is significant but on the other hand i am still cautious beca