East Germany Foreign Policy Ussr

With concern starting to show in the Soviet Union about the fast-paced changes in Eastern Europe, Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze reassured lawmakers here Friday that the reforms are both necessary and good for East Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland as well as the other members of the Warsaw Pact--and the future of socialism itself.

With concern starting to show in the Soviet Union about the fast-paced changes in Eastern Europe, Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze reassured lawmakers here Friday that the reforms are both necessary and good for East Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland as well as the other members of the Warsaw Pact--and the future of socialism itself.

East Germany's new leader, Egon Krenz, spoke to Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev by telephone Saturday and received the Kremlin leader's personal congratulations on his new post. ADN, the official East German news agency, reported that the two leaders talked for the first time since Krenz replaced Communist veteran Erich Honecker on Wednesday.

East Germany's new leader, Egon Krenz, spoke to Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev by telephone Saturday and received the Kremlin leader's personal congratulations on his new post. ADN, the official East German news agency, reported that the two leaders talked for the first time since Krenz replaced Communist veteran Erich Honecker on Wednesday.