<P> On April 28, 1982, Bush met with Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew for a wide ranging discussion that included speaking about regional security, the world economy, and Soviet expansionism in Southeast Asia, and later that month, Bush confirmed he was considering traveling to China during his impending trip to Asia and the Pacific amid a news conference in Seoul, South Korea . </P> <P> In November 1982, Bush toured Africa, the first instance of American government visiting there since the Reagan administration began . Bush told reporters that while he would allow for heads of state to dictate how each meeting would transpire, there was an expectation on his part for discussions on the independence of Namibia, adding that the US was going to retain the position of no settlement in Namibia until Cuban troops in Angola were withdrawn . On November 15, Bush met with United States Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Yuri Andropov in Moscow, Russia to discuss human rights and arms reductions . Bush later said, "The meeting was frank, cordial and substantive . It gave both sides the opportunity to exchange views on the state of their relations ." </P> <P> At the end of January 1983, Bush began a seven day tour of West Europe intended to promote the arms reduction commitment being advocated for by the Reagan administration . During a February 8 news conference in Paris, Bush said the US's invitations for the Soviet Union to consent to a reduction in medium - range missiles were supported by Western Europe, which he stated had also consented to the deployment of new American missiles starting in the latter part of the year . The following day, Bush defended American nuclear arms policy when answering British Secretary General of the Committee on Nuclear Disarmament Bruce Kent . </P> <P> In September 1983, Bush met with President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu, insisting during the meeting that President Reagan intended to push for arms reductions at the Geneva talks with the Soviet Union . Shortly thereafter, Bush said the US wanted better relations with all countries within the East Bloc though stressed NATO would retaliate in the event of any threatening of European military stability by the Soviets, and the vice president assailed the Soviet Union for the Berlin Wall and destroying the Korean Air Lines jetliner . </P>

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