Helsinki Summit (1990)
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Helsinki Summit | |
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Host country | Finland |
Date | September 9, 1990 |
Venue(s) | Finlandia Hall |
Cities | Helsinki |
Participants | Mikhail Gorbachev George H. W. Bush |
Chair | President Mauno Koivisto |
The Helsinki Summit comprised a meeting between US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, taking place on September 9, 1990 in Helsinki, Finland, just a few weeks before the reunification of Germany and just one month after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait as their fourth meeting following a meeting that included Ronald Reagan, in New York in December 1988. Furthermore, the collapse of communism and the pending reunification of Germany necessitated a third summit meeting of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe in order to formally end the Cold War.[1]
See also[]
- Cold War
- Cold War (1985–91)
- 2018 Russia–United States summit
- List of Soviet Union–United States summits
- New world order (politics)
References[]
- ^ "Helsinki Accords". Britannica.com. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
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