In a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_Summit" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Malta Summit">meeting</a> off the coast of Malta, U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> and Soviet General Secretary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mikhail Gorbachev">Mikhail Gorbachev</a> release statements indicating that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="NATO">NATO</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a> may be coming to an end.