Berlusconi claims the end of the Cold War

rome - Italian former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he was the most important architect of the end of the Cold War.

'When I ruled in 2001, I said in public that I wanted to end the Cold War. He had been working for fifty years and caused terrible suffering, 'Berlusconi said in a television interview.

The claim will surprise many historians, because it is generally stated that the Cold War ended with the fall of the Wall in 1989 and the dismantling of the Soviet Union two years later. According to Berlusconi, however, the period ended in 2002 during a NATO summit under his leadership in Rome. 'I succeeded because here in Rome I convinced George Bush and Vladimir Putin with all my persuasiveness to end the Cold War. '