The bilateral meeting between U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, held in Helsinki to discuss the aggravated situation in the Persian Gulf following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, 2nd left, President of the Republic of Finland Mauno Koivisto, 3rd right, U.S. President George H. W. Bush, right, and their spouses in the Presidential Palace.