40 years ago October 13, 1986: Big Two summit ends


2 min readOct 13, 2026 06:53 AM IST
First published on: Oct 13, 2026 at 06:40 AM IST

US Secretary of State George Shultz said the two-day US-Soviet talks in Iceland had ended with no new agreement on arms control and no date had been set for a new formal summit. Speaking at a news conference, he said the mini-summit had stalled over the issue of Reagan’s “Star Wars” space defence programme.

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