Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party in East Germany from 3 May 1971 to 18 October 1989, and Yasser Arafat, 10 March 1982. Photo by Rainer Mittelstädt. Wikipedia.

NS: Look, we did need to make compromises ... I wrote a critical piece about the agreement because I could see that it meant that we were recognising Yasser Arafat as the Palestinian leader, despite ...