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1988 Supplement 3 American Foreign Policy Current Documents [1] (1988)

handle is hein.forrel/afpdoc0049 and id is 1 raw text is: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary (Toronto, Canada) PRESS BRIEFING BY .ARLIN FITZWATER June 19, 1988 Metro Toronto Conventicn Center Toronto, Canada 6:20 P.M. (L) MR. FITZWATER: Okay. Are we all set? The President met with Prime Minister Mulroney for brief bilateral discussions following the official arrival ceremony. This was primarily an opportunity for two old friends to recall the great distances they have traveled together in the last four years. The President pointed out that their first summit was in Bonn and the world economic situation has changed dramatically since those days four years ago. The Prime Minister recalled the productive nature of their relationship in establishing new levels of trade and commerce between the two countries and in achieving the free trade agreement now before our Congress in the United States. Nost of the remainder of the discussion focused on the meetings of this summit, the informal aspects of the meetings, and the agenda for discussion. President Reagan congratulated the Prime Minister on the Toronto summit, noting the beauty of the city, the hospitality and the accommodations. The President met later on in the afternoon for approximately 20 minutes -- shortly around 2:00 p.m. with President IZitterrand. of France. President Reagan congratulated President Mitterrand on his election to seven more years of leadership in that country. He asked the President about his priorities in the second term, some discussion of President Mitterrand's intentions and his programs in the next seven years. President- Reagan said he would be discussing the Moscow summit and General Secretary Gorbachev at these meetings. The President said he wanted to assure President Mitterrand on the START negotiations. Quote: He said, We won't be pressured by time, and we won't sign an unsatisfactory agreement. The two presidents commented on their personal impressions of General Secretary Gorbachev and his leadership. They see him as serious in his reforms and open to a relationship with the West based on realism. The two leaders discussed the status of the chemical weapons talks. They also discussed the status of arms reduction, including conventional weapons. The two presidents agreed that there cannot be nuclear reductions beyond START until there is a balance in conventional weapons. Both men agreed to the course of weapons reduction now underway, and would support each other in future dialogue. Iloving to the plenary session -- some of you were there for the beginning of that session. The actual discussions got underway at about 3:20 p.m. I can't talk too much about the other MORE 06/19-#2276 Digitized from Best Copy Available

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