Michail Gorbachev to visit Czech Republic in September

Former Soviet president Michail Gorbachev is to pay an official visit to the Czech Republic from September 16-18 to attend a conference entitled Security in the Wake of the Cold War. The conference is organized by the M. Gorbachev Foundation, Fondazione Italiani and the Iron Curtain Foundation. Mr. Gorbachev is also scheduled to meet with President Milos Zeman. It will be the former Soviet leader’s first visit to the Czech Republic in 17 years.