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Who was the forward thinking Soviet Foreign Minister that Gorbachev used to create a more open relationship with the US?

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Vladimir Fedorovich Petrovsky was the foreign minister of the soviet union. He created a more open relationship with the US.

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  • Vladimir Fedorovich Petrovsky,who is well known as a Russian diplomat and professor,was appointed as Deputy Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union under the General Secretary of soviet at that times Mikhail Gorbachev.
  • In 1992 he was elected as UN Under-Secretary-General of Political affairs in New York.
  • From the year 1993 to 2002 he served as a Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
  • During this period he served as Secretary-General of the Conference. Then days after his retirement,V. Petrovsky introduced the non-governmental organization Comprehensive Dialogue.
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