May 2012
Meeting with the former President Mikhaïl Gorbachev
Honorary President Michel Rocard and founding President of Le Cercle Polaire Laurent Mayet recently met former President Gorbatchev to discuss the 1987 Murmansk speech where the latter envisioned the future of the Arctic. On the special occasion of this meeting, Le Cercle Polaire would like to invite you to read Gorbachev's historical speech on the future of the Arctic Ocean which is still of great interest for the present debate on the Arctic governance system. You will find below the complete version of Gorbachev's speech in Murmansk at the ceremonial meeting on the occasion of the presentation of the Order of Lenine and the Gold Star to the city of Murmansk, 1st of October 1987....