Andrei A. Gromyko Quotes
The decision is not directed against either of the two national groups that inhabit Palestine. On the contrary, it corresponds to the fundamental interests of both peoples.
to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab lands
Andrei A. Gromyko, 1909-1989, Russian Foreign Minister, Ambassador to the U.S. & the U.N., United Nations General Assembly, 1947
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Mohamed Anwar El-Sedat. This was the famous speech that started the peace process in motion.
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet Belarusian communist politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985–1988). Gromyko was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy until he retired in 1988. In the 1940s Western pundits called him Mr. Nyet ("Mr. No") or "Grim Grom", because of his frequent use of the Soviet veto in the United Nations Security Council.