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  3. Warsaw Pact dissolution decided, 30th anniversary on 1 July

Warsaw Pact dissolution decided, 30th anniversary on 1 July

Jul 1, 1991

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  • The Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel formally ended the Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance and so disestablished the Warsaw Treaty after 36 years of military alliance with the USSR, at the last session of its political committee in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on July 1st, 1991. On the photo from left: Foreign Minister of Poland Krzysztof Skubiszewski, Soviet Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh, Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jiri Dienstbier, xxx, President of Romania Ion Iliescu, Soviet Vice-President Gennady Yanayev, Czechoslovakia s Premier Marian Calfa, Vaclav Havel, Prime Minister of Romania Peter Roman, Prime Minister of Poland Jan K. Bielecki, President of Poland Lech Walesa, President of Bulgaria Zhelyu Zhelev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Geza Jeszenszky, Prime Minister of Hunga

    The Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel formally ended the Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance and so disestablished the Warsaw Treaty after 36 years of military alliance with the USSR, at the last session of its political committee in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on July 1st, 1991. On the photo from left: Foreign Minister of Poland Krzysztof Skubiszewski, Soviet Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh, Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jiri Dienstbier, xxx, President of Romania Ion Iliescu, Soviet Vice-President Gennady Yanayev, Czechoslovakia s Premier Marian Calfa, Vaclav Havel, Prime Minister of Romania Peter Roman, Prime Minister of Poland Jan K. Bielecki, President of Poland Lech Walesa, President of Bulgaria Zhelyu Zhelev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary Geza Jeszenszky, Prime Minister of Hunga

  • Chancellor of the President Karel Schwarzenberg, standing left, Czechoslovakia s Premier Marian Calfa, left, and Foreign Minister Jiri Dienstbier, right, look on as President Vaclav Havel, centre, signs final documents formally ending the Warsaw Pact (Treaty) at the last session of its political committee in Prague on July 1, 1991. (CTKxPhoto PetrxMaticka) CTKPhotoFO00137869

    Chancellor of the President Karel Schwarzenberg, standing left, Czechoslovakia s Premier Marian Calfa, left, and Foreign Minister Jiri Dienstbier, right, look on as President Vaclav Havel, centre, signs final documents formally ending the Warsaw Pact (Treaty) at the last session of its political committee in Prague on July 1, 1991. (CTKxPhoto PetrxMaticka) CTKPhotoFO00137869

  • The Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel formally ended the Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance and so disestablished the Warsaw Treaty after 36 years of military alliance with the USSR, at the last session of its political committee in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on July 1st, 1991. At the head of the table there are sitting x, Chancellor of the President Karel Schwarzenberg, Czechoslovakia s Premier Marian Calfa, Vaclav Havel and Foreign Minister Jiri Dienstbier. (CTKxPhoto PetrxMaticka) CTKPhotoFO00137862

    The Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel formally ended the Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance and so disestablished the Warsaw Treaty after 36 years of military alliance with the USSR, at the last session of its political committee in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on July 1st, 1991. At the head of the table there are sitting x, Chancellor of the President Karel Schwarzenberg, Czechoslovakia s Premier Marian Calfa, Vaclav Havel and Foreign Minister Jiri Dienstbier. (CTKxPhoto PetrxMaticka) CTKPhotoFO00137862

  • Soviet soldiers dismantle the Warsaw Pact emblem as they prepare for the withdrawal from Czechoslovakia at Frenstat pod Radhostem garrison on February 26, 1990. CTKPhoto00235660

    Soviet soldiers dismantle the Warsaw Pact emblem as they prepare for the withdrawal from Czechoslovakia at Frenstat pod Radhostem garrison on February 26, 1990. CTKPhoto00235660

  • Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel, left, shakes hands with Polish President Lech Walesa before the Warsaw Pact (Treaty) was formally ended at the last session of its political committee in Prague on July 1, 1991. CTK Photo Petr Maticka CTKPhoto00137861

    Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel, left, shakes hands with Polish President Lech Walesa before the Warsaw Pact (Treaty) was formally ended at the last session of its political committee in Prague on July 1, 1991. CTK Photo Petr Maticka CTKPhoto00137861

  • Czechoslovakia s Premier Marian Calfa, left, and Foreign Minister Jiri Dienstbier, right, look on as President Vaclav Havel, centre, signs final documents formally ending the Warsaw Pact (Treaty) at the last session of its political committee in Prague on July 1, 1991. CTK Photo Michal Kalina CTKPhoto00135439

    Czechoslovakia s Premier Marian Calfa, left, and Foreign Minister Jiri Dienstbier, right, look on as President Vaclav Havel, centre, signs final documents formally ending the Warsaw Pact (Treaty) at the last session of its political committee in Prague on July 1, 1991. CTK Photo Michal Kalina CTKPhoto00135439

  • FILE - A July 1, 1991 file photo of Czechoslovakia s Premier Marian Calfa, left, and Foreign Minister Jiri Dienstbier, right, look on as President Vaclav Havel, centre, signs final documents formally ending the Warsaw Pact (Treaty) at the last session of its political committee in Prague. Dienstbier died on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, after a long disease in a Prague hospital, aged 73. Former dissident and journalist, Dienstbier was a Czech senator at present. (CTKxPhoto PetrxMaticka) CTKPhoto5500130463

    FILE - A July 1, 1991 file photo of Czechoslovakia s Premier Marian Calfa, left, and Foreign Minister Jiri Dienstbier, right, look on as President Vaclav Havel, centre, signs final documents formally ending the Warsaw Pact (Treaty) at the last session of its political committee in Prague. Dienstbier died on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, after a long disease in a Prague hospital, aged 73. Former dissident and journalist, Dienstbier was a Czech senator at present. (CTKxPhoto PetrxMaticka) CTKPhoto5500130463

  • FILE - A Feb. 25, 1991 file photo of Jiri Dienstbier, the first Czechoslovak foreign minister after the late 1989 collapse of the communist regime, shows a Warsaw Pact sealer and a pen, which he used for signing memorandum on suspension of validity of agreements in Warsav pact and on abolishment of its army strocture and organisation on the way from Budapest s conference of political advisory committee Warsaw Pact. Dienstbier died on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, after a long disease in a Prague hospital, aged 73. Former dissident and journalist, Dienstbier was a Czech senator at present. (CTKxPhoto LiborxZavoral) CTKPhoto61100426959

    FILE - A Feb. 25, 1991 file photo of Jiri Dienstbier, the first Czechoslovak foreign minister after the late 1989 collapse of the communist regime, shows a Warsaw Pact sealer and a pen, which he used for signing memorandum on suspension of validity of agreements in Warsav pact and on abolishment of its army strocture and organisation on the way from Budapest s conference of political advisory committee Warsaw Pact. Dienstbier died on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, after a long disease in a Prague hospital, aged 73. Former dissident and journalist, Dienstbier was a Czech senator at present. (CTKxPhoto LiborxZavoral) CTKPhoto61100426959

  • MOSCOW, USSR. Major General Mircea Constantinescu of Romania, Major General Penyu Kostadinov of Bulgaria, Army General Vladimir Lobov of the USSR, Robert Szeles of Hungary and Michal Gondek of Czechoslovakia (L-R) shake hands at the last meeting of the top brass from the Warsaw Pact (Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance) member states, on 25. 03. 1991. 219657

    MOSCOW, USSR. Major General Mircea Constantinescu of Romania, Major General Penyu Kostadinov of Bulgaria, Army General Vladimir Lobov of the USSR, Robert Szeles of Hungary and Michal Gondek of Czechoslovakia (L-R) shake hands at the last meeting of the top brass from the Warsaw Pact (Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance) member states, on 25. 03. 1991. 219657

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