23 июня 2015
On 22June2015, Mikhail Gorbachev met the former President of Israel Shimon Peres, currently on a visit to Moscow.
Shimon Peres is Israel’s oldest politician and statesman. Apart from his stint as President of the country, MrPeres served twice as the Prime Minister of Israel and was the country’s Foreign Minister three times. He also led various government ministries at different times. Shimon Peres won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize.
Following his retirement as President in July2014, MrPeres has mostly focused on the activities of the Peres Center for Peace, a non-for-profit, non-governmental, non-political organization he founded in 1996 to promote peacebuilding between Israel and its neighbors (particularly between Israelis and Palestinians) as well as between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel. Shimon Peres told Mikhail Gorbachev about the activities of his Center and his future plans. Promoting peaceful resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict will continue to be one of his top priorities. He will also focus on environmental activities and support for new technology research. Shimon Peres presented Mikhail Gorbachev with his most recent book, Ben Gurion: A Political Life, and congratulated him on the birth of his great-grandson.
Mikhail Gorbachev outlined the activities of the Gorbachev Foundation and presented his most recently published book, After the Kremlin.
The schedule of Shimon Peres’ visit to Moscow includes a meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Foto by V.Polyakov/The Gorbachev Foundation
The Gorbachev Foundation’s International and Media Relations
Chronicle of M.S. Gorbachev`s activity
Describes the time from the moment of Mikhail Gorbachev`s election to the post of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, until his resignation from the post of President of the USSR
Events
May 20, 2018
The Round Table: "From the Prague Spring to Perestroika"
October 27, 2017
Round Table “The 1917 Russian Revolution for Our Country and the World: 100 Years’ Retrospect”
October 5, 2017
The Expertise Round Table. Perception of Russia across the East and West: Memory, Identity and Conflicts. International Study of Images of Russia across Eurasia: Results and Discussion