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--- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector- Bush Sr. Tours City, Sochi and Moscow
St. Petersburg (Russia) Times
September 16, 2003
MOSCOW - Old Cold War rivals don't fade away, they just drink tea and crack one-liners together.
After meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, former U.S. President George Bush flew into Moscow Monday and met with his old sparring partner and partner in ending the Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
The two ex-presidents swapped reminiscences of the old days and exchanged views on global politics, but avoided public mention of the upcoming U.S.-Russian summit.
The former Soviet president received Bush Sr. at his Gorbachev Foundation offices in Moscow, treating the father of U.S. President George W. Bush to tea, Interfax reported.
George W. Bush is due to host Russian President Vladimir Putin at his Camp David, Maryland retreat on Sept. 26.
After the reception, Bush joked that he had been "overfed," but would still like to see Gorbachev attend his 80th birthday bash next June, the agency reported. Bush said his meetings with Gorbachev were among the happiest moments of his presidency.
Gorbachev said he had accepted the invitation, but noted that he would probably decline Bush's offer to celebrate the birthday with a joint parachute jump, in a reference to Bush's emergency bailout from a bomber during World War II. He added that he would rather greet the skydiving Bush with flowers when he landed.
Continuing the horseplay, Bush told Gorbachev that he'd rather accept the flowers in person than have the former Soviet leader lay flowers on his grave.
Bush's wife Barbara and Gorbachev's daughter Irina Virginskaya were present at the reception, Interfax reported.
Bush, a World War II U.S. Navy pilot, was in St. Petersburg on Friday when he laid a wreath at the monument to the Heroic Defenders of the Fatherland.
He was treated to a private concert Saturday by the stars of the Mariinsky Theater, Interfax reported, citing UES chief Anatoly Chubais, who attended the event. Also in attendance were former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Interfax said.
In St. Petersburg, Bush participated in a Pepsico corporate meeting.
Bush was late Monday expected to deliver the keynote speech at a dinner hosted by the Carlyle Group, the capital management giant that is creating a $500 million private equity fund with Alfa Group.
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