The international sojourns of Milan Panic began in the middle of July at the CSCE summit in Helsinki, where he first met James Baker, the American Secretary of State, and Andrey Koziryev, the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister. This was followed by a meeting in Rome with Foreign Minister Scotti, in Paris with President Mitterand, in New York with the UN General Secretary Butros Ghali, in Madrid with Prime Minister Gonzalez, and Prime Minister Major in London. At the beginning of August, Panic spoke with Prime Minister Antal in Budapest, President Illlyescu in Bucharest, and President Zelev and Prime Minister Dimytrov in Sofia