Header
Updated: 08-Nov-2001 1991


[ '45-'49 | '50-'59 | '60-'69 | '70-'79 | '80-'89 | '90-'99 | '00- ]
[ 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 ]
Summary | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec

October 1991

6 Oct

Meeting in Cracow, the Foreign Ministers of Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia state their wish for their countries to be included in NATO activities. President Gorbachev announces the abolition of Soviet short-range nuclear weapons and the removal of all tactical nuclear weapons from ships, submarines and land-based naval aircraft.

17 Oct

NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Taormina, Italy, announce reductions in the current NATO stockpile of sub-strategic nuclear weapons in Europe by approximately 80 percent.

Additional information:

21 Oct

Visit to NATO by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Deryabin.

24-25 Oct

Seminar on Civil/Military Coordination of Air Traffic Management at NATO with participation from NATO and Central and Eastern European countries.

28 Oct

Hungarian Prime Minister Josef Antall visits NATO.

Additional information:

30 Oct

The first Peace Conference on the Middle East opens in Madrid under the joint chairmanship of the United States and the Soviet Union.