Duk da haka, shugaban Faransa François Mitterrand, firaministan Birtaniya Margaret Thatcher, wasu shugabannin Turai da kuma manyan 'yan majalisa na Amurka sun rinjayi Shugaba Bush don ganawa da Shugaba Gorbachev. Babu yarjejeniyar da aka sanya hannu a taron na Malta. Babban manufarsa ita ce samar da manyan kasashe biyu, Amurka da Tarayyar Soviet, tare da damar da za su tattauna canje-canjen da ke faruwa a Turai tare da cirewa na Iron Curtain, wanda ya raba Gabashin Gabas daga Yammacin Turai har tsawon shekaru hudu. Wasu masu lura da taron suna kallon taron a matsayin ƙarshen Cold War. A kalla, ya nuna cewa raguwar tashin hankali ya nuna cewa zauren Gorbachev ya juya kuma ya nuna cewa yana da babbar goyon baya ga Bush da West.
Babban taron Malta da aka gabatar zai kasance "da wuri" kuma zai haifar da babban fata amma zai haifar da kadan fiye da Soviet grandstanding