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The former French consulate, called Höfði, was the site of the Reykjavík Summit in 1986.. The Reykjavík Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, held in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 11–12 October 1986. [1]
Höfði (Icelandic pronunciation:) is a house in Reykjavík, Iceland, built in 1909, and best known as the location for the 1986 Reykjavík Summit meeting of President Ronald Reagan of the United States and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union.
When Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev sit down to discuss a potential nuclear arms treaty in the upcoming film “Reykjavik,” the actors portraying them, Jeff Daniels and Jared Harris, will ...
Taubman called it "one of the highest points of Gorbachev's career". [181] Reagan and Gorbachev with wives (Nancy and Raisa, respectively) attending a dinner at the Soviet Embassy in Washington, 1987. A second US–Soviet summit occurred in Moscow in May–June 1988, which Gorbachev expected to be largely symbolic. [182]
Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Höfði, Reykjavík in 1986. Main article: Reykjavík Summit Iceland hosted a summit in Reykjavík in 1986 between United States President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev , during which they took significant steps toward nuclear disarmament.
The Geneva Summit of 1985 was a Cold War-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.It was held on November 19‑21, 1985, between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev.
Gorbachev at the Brandenburg Gate in April 1986 Gorbachev addressing UN General Assembly session, 1988 Ronald and Nancy Reagan, as well as the Gorbachevs in the Cross Hall of the White House before a state dinner, 8 December 1987. This is a list of international trips made by Mikhail Gorbachev as the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union.
It was the place of the Iceland Summit when Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met there in 1986. [3] It is now mainly used for ceremonies for the Reykjavík City municipality. The western end of Borgartún houses a complex of buildings where the offices of many departments of the Reykjavík city government, including a centralised service ...