Geneva Summit (1985)
The Geneva Summit of 1985 was a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. It was held on November 19 and 20, 1985. It was between U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev.
The two leaders met for the first time. They met to hold talks about not to use nuclear weapons and to seek a partnership between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Geneva Summit (1985) Media
When Reagan emerged outside Fleur d'Eau without his coat for his first meeting with Gorbachev, commentators took it as a sign of Reagan’s vitality.
Reagan and Gorbachev at Fleur d'Eau's pool house,[a] where Reagan notably raised the topic of an imagined alien invasion as eliciting a shared sense of togetherness between their two countries[b]
- President Ronald Reagan meeting with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev at Maison de Saussure during the Geneva Summit.jpg
Reagan and Gorbachev with their major advisors at Maison de Saussure on the evening of November 20, 1985
- President Reagan's Address to Congress on the Geneva Summit at the US Capitol, November 21, 1985.webm
President Reagan's Address to Congress on the Geneva Summit at the US Capitol, November 21, 1985
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