Existing comment:
"A people free to choose will always choose peace."
-- Ronald Reagan, Moscow State University, May 29, 1988
Moscow Summit:
President and Mrs. Reagan arrived in Moscow on May 29, 1988. The main purpose of this summit was to sign the ratified INF agreement and make progress on the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, which promised to set both nations on the path of eliminating 50 percent of their nuclear warheads.
Arms reductions weren't the only achievements of the summits. Before President Reagan left office, the Soviets began to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and announced cuts in the conventional forces in Eastern Europe. |