George H. W. Bush condolences were offered by former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and incumbent President Donald Trump. On December 3, 2018, Bush became the 12th U.S. President to lie in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Bush's remains were lain in repose at St. Martin's Episcopal Church from the evening of December 5 until 11:15 a.m. Central Standard Time on December 6. Following the funeral for Bush at St. Martin's on December 6, his coffin was brought by train to the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas where he was buried next
Foreign policy of the George H. W. Bush administration Bush noted this as the first instance of a US President interacting with a democratically-elected Russian President and the day marked an attempt to turn former adversaries into allies. On April 13, 1990, Bush met with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher for discussions on international issues afflicting the North Atlantic alliance such as German reunification, NATO, talks on the status of convention forces in Europe, the Lithuania situation, Iraq, and COCOM. The President George H.W. Bush Administration strenuously supported the territorial and political integrity of the former Yugoslavia and discouraged the secessionist movements in Croatia and Slovenia.