27 июня 2016
June 8, 2016, Amsterdam
Dear President Gorbachev,
The participants of the Luxemburg Forum Conference “The 30th anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit – lessons of the past and the tasks for the future” express their deepest gratitude for your keynote address.
The Reykjavik Summit is an undeniable milestone towards building a safer world. Many of us remember how difficult it was for you to insist on having this meeting. The proposals you and President Reagan made about building a world free from nuclear weapons were way ahead of their time. Today, just like 30 years ago, this idea does not appear to be any less revolutionary.
The meeting in Reykjavik which took place at your initiative undoubtedly gave a strong impetus to the process of reduction and elimination of arms in all areas. Therefore, we have gathered here today to evaluate once again these positive consequences, to assess the long-term lessons of Reykjavik for the future.
Referring to your metaphor, we are hopeful that “the window opened in Reykjavik” by you and President Reagan is not being shut and never will be. Along with the obvious negative trends related to the “militarization of international relations” which you have underlined, we cannot but notice some signs of hope. Therefore, our efforts, the efforts of the Luxembourg Forum, will focus on nurturing and doing our utmost to promote these fledgling signs of hope. We have had very useful exchanges and we have discussed a number of constructive initiatives to reduce nuclear dangers and arsenals.
We would like to join you in expressing our confidence that changes for the better are possible. We will strive towards this objective.
We would like to thank you once again for what you achieved in Reykjavik and for what you continue to do today.
We wish you good health and success in your endeavors.
The participants of the Luxemburg Forum Conference:
|
Viatcheslav
KANTOR
|
President, International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe, Ph.D. (Russia).
|
|
Anatoly ADAMISHIN
|
President Emeritus, Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentionary of the USSR and RF (Russia).
|
|
Alexey
ARBATOV
|
Deputy Chairman, Organizing Committee, International Luxembourg Forum; Head of the Center for International Security, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS),
Academician (RAS, Russia).
|
|
Des
BROWNE
|
Member of the Supervisory Board of the International Luxembourg Forum; Vice-President, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Lord of Ladyton (Great Britain).
|
|
James D.
CARTWRIGHT
|
Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies,
Center for Strategic and International Studies, General USMC, ret. (USA).
|
|
Vladimir
DVORKIN
|
Chairman, Organizing Committee, International Luxembourg Forum; Principal Researcher, Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), RAS; Professor; Major General, ret. (Russia).
|
|
Anatoly
DIYAKOV
|
Researcher, Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies (Russia).
|
|
Viktor
ESIN
|
Leading Researcher, Institute for USA and Canada, RAS; Colonel General, ret. (Russia).
|
|
Michael
KREPON
|
Co-founder of the Henry L. Stimson Center (USA).
|
|
Vladimir
LUKIN
|
Member of the Supervisory Board of the International Luxembourg Forum; ChairmanoftheParalympicsCommitteeof the Russian Federation; Professor of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics (Russia).
|
|
Yury
NAZARKIN
|
Professor, Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentionary of the USSR and RF (Russia).
|
|
Sergey
OZNOBISHCHEV
|
Deputy Chairman, Organizing Committee, International Luxembourg Forum; Head of the Sector, IMEMO, RAS; Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, MFA (Russia).
|
|
William
PERRY
|
Member of the Supervisory Board of the International Luxembourg Forum; Professor, Stanford University (USA).
|
|
Leon
RATZ
|
Senior Advisor, Nuclear Threat Initiative (USA).
|
|
Tariq
RAUF
|
Director, Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Canada).
|
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