The summit, Höfði - Reykavik

Former US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in a house called Höfði in Iceland in 1986. This event was important although the outcome might not have been the most positive imaginable. This is a picture of the house they met in in 1986 the days that the eyes of the world were on Reykjavik.

After the summit, Mr Gorbachev said that he had told President Reagan, "We are missing an historic chance. Never had our positions been so close together."

Before flying back to Washington, President Reagan said:

"We moved towards agreement on drastically reduced numbers of intermediate-range missiles in both Europe and Asia and sharply reducing our strategic arsenals for both."
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Reykjavik Deal

The deal under discussion included plans to:
limit continental weapons to 1,600 delivery vehicles and 6,000 warheads on each side
reduce intermediate-range nuclear forces to 100 warheads, restricting Soviet missile bases to Asia and US missile bases to the US
eliminate all nuclear missiles within 10 years
progress towards a test ban
From the BBC

BBC information about the summit

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