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6 Febr	In an unprecedented speech to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev addresses major aspects of his reform programme including the abandonment of the leading role of the Communist Party and the introduction of political pluralism.
12-14 Febr	Foreign Ministers of NATO and Warsaw Treaty Organisation countries, with observers from other CSCE states, meet in Ottawa at the opening of the Open Skies Conference.
13 Febr	On the margins of the Open Skies Conference in Ottawa, agreement is reached by the Foreign Ministers concerned to hold discussions on external aspects of the establishment of German unity in a Two Plus Four framework. NATO and Warsaw Treaty Organisation Foreign Ministers also agree on steps to enable a CFE agreement to be concluded in 1990.