What is Reykjavík Summit?
[[File:President Ronald Reagan says goodbye to Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev.jpg|thumb|Reagan and Gorbachev in [[Höfði]]]] The '''Reykjavík Summit''' was a [[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 was held in [[Höfði]] in [[Reykjavík]], the capital city of [[Iceland]], on October 11–12, 1986. This was during the [[Cold War]]. The talks focused on peace between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thereaganvision.org/the-reykjavik-summit-the-story/ |title=The Reykjavik Summit |publisher=The Regan Vision |accessdate=15 September 2014 |archive-date=15 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915162705/http://www.thereaganvision.org/the-reykjavik-summit-the-story/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The talks failed near the end of the meeting. However, the progress that had been made eventually led to the 1987 [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty]] between the two countries. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Ronald Reagan}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Reykjavik Summit}} [[Category:1986 in Europe]] [[Category:Diplomatic conferences]] [[Category:Presidency of Ronald Reagan]] [[Category:Mikhail Gorbachev]] [[Category:Reykjavík]] [[Category:Cold War]] [[Category:1986 in the United States]] [[Category:1980s in the Soviet Union]] [[Category:20th century in Iceland]] {{history-stub}}