✦ History

Reykjavík Summit

October 11–12, 1986 · Höfði House, Reykjavík

Part of Cold War

Led to Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

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Summit at which Reagan and Gorbachev nearly agreed to abolish nuclear weapons. It failed over missile defence but prepared the INF Treaty.

Key people

Ronald Reagan President of the United States, Negotiated Mikhail Gorbachev General Secretary of the Communist Party, Negotiated

Participants