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„Dezgheţ" în relaţiile româno-sovietice. Stenograma convorbirilor de la Moscova din mai 1969, II
Thaw in Romanian-Soviet Relations. Minutes of Moscow Meeting in May 1969, II

Author(s): Vasile Buga
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Communism; Romanian-Soviet relations; Nicolae Ceauşescu; Czechoslovakian crisis; International Communist Movement;

Summary/Abstract: On 16 May 1969, a delegation of the RCP headed by Nicolae Ceauşescu went to Moscow, where a Romanian-Soviet summit took place. The minutes of the meeting emphasizes the interest of the Romanian part in normalizing the Romanian-Soviet relations frozen as consequence to the Romanian critical stand towards WTO intervention in Czechoslovakia. On this occasion there had been discussed aspects of bilateral relations, especially economic relations, including the identification of methods to renew them, as well as aspects of international politics such as European security, the situation in the Middle East, the Vietnam war. The talks singled out the interest both sides had in the unfreezing of the bilateral relations, as well as the maintain of divergent views regarding the preparation of the 1969 Communist parties international conference, the causes and consequences of the Czechoslovakian crisis, the approach towards the Chinese Communist Party.

  • Issue Year: XXI/2013
  • Issue No: 3-4
  • Page Range: 225-248
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Romanian