What is Washington Summit (1987)?
[[File:President Ronald Reagan talks with Mikhail Gorbachev in the Oval Office during the Washington Summit.jpg|thumb|President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev, December 1987]] The '''Washington Summit''' of 1987 was [[Cold War]]-era [[summit meeting]] between [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. It took place between December 8-10 in [[Washington, D.C.]]. Reagan and Gorbachev talked about problems in [[Afghanistan]], [[Central America]], and [[South Africa]], [[arms control]] problems for [[chemical weapons]], the status of [[START I|START]] agreements, and human rights. Reagan achieved the signing of the [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty|Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty]] during the summit. {{Ronald Reagan}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Washington Summit}} [[Category:1987 in the United States]] [[Category:Diplomatic conferences]] [[Category:Presidency of Ronald Reagan]] [[Category:Mikhail Gorbachev]] [[Category:1980s in Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:1980s in the Soviet Union]] {{history-stub}}