- Moscow Summit (1988)
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The Moscow Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. It was held on May 25, 1988-June 3, 1988. Reagan and Gorbachev finalized the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) after the U.S. Senate's ratification of the treaty in May 1988. Reagan and Gorbachev continued to discuss bilateral issues like Central America, Southern Africa, the Middle East and the pending withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. Reagan and Gorbachev continued their discussions on human rights. The parties signed seven agreements on lesser issues such as student exchanges and fishing rights.
See also
- List of Soviet Union–United States summits (1943 to 1991)
Categories:- Cold War
- Foreign relations of the Soviet Union
- Soviet Union–United States diplomatic conferences
- 20th-century diplomatic conferences
- 1988 in international relations
- 1988 in the Soviet Union
- Diplomatic visits by heads of government
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