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Signing of the Treaty on the Final Settlement with respect to Germany (Moscow, 12 September 1990)
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Signing of the Treaty on the Final Settlement with respect to Germany (Moscow, 12 September 1990)

On 12 September 1990, in Moscow, the Four Powers, guarantors of the quadripartite status established in 1945, together with representatives of the two Germanys sign the ‘Two Plus Four' Treaty on the Final Settlement with respect to Germany, sealing the definitive international status of reunified Germany. From left to right: Roland Dumas (France), Eduard Shevardnadze (USSR), James Baker (USA), Mikhail Gorbachev (USSR), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FRG), Lothar de Maizière (GDR) and Douglas Hurd (United Kingdom).

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Title Signing of the Treaty on the Final Settlement with respect to Germany (Moscow, 12 September 1990)
Document type Photo
Source Unterzeichnung des Zwei-Plus-Vier-Vertrages in Moskau. Moskau: Bundesbildstelle Berlin, 12/09/1990. Colour.
Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung (BPA), 10117 Berlin, Dorotheenstr. 84. http://www.bundesregierung.de/Webs/Breg/DE/Homepage/home.html.
Keywords 2 + 4 Treaty
Copyright © Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung
Caption On 12 September 1990, in Moscow, the Four Powers, guarantors of the quadripartite status established in 1945, together with representatives of the two Germanys sign the ‘Two Plus Four' Treaty on the Final Settlement with respect to Germany, sealing the definitive international status of reunified Germany. From left to right: Roland Dumas (France), Eduard Shevardnadze (USSR), James Baker (USA), Mikhail Gorbachev (USSR), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FRG), Lothar de Maizière (GDR) and Douglas Hurd (United Kingdom).
Location in the digital library HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1987–1997 The European Union in a Europe in the throes of change >> The end of the Cold War and geopolitical change in Europe >> Reunification of a divided Germany >> The Treaty on the Final Settlement with respect to Germany
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See also Treaty on the Final Settlement with respect to Germany (Moscow, 12 September 1990)
'Signing of German treaty ends post_war political era' from The Guardian (13 September 1990)
Declaration by the Four Powers suspending the operation of quadripartite rights and responsibilities (New York, 1 October 1990)
Cartoon by Hanel on the ‘2 + 4’ Conference on German reunification (1990)
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