Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Noun)
Meaning
Negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks began in Helsinki in 1969 and were a major Cold War diplomatic effort.
- The United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics initiated Strategic Arms Limitation Talks in order to curb the nuclear arms race.
- A notable outcome of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks was the signing of the SALT I and SALT II treaties.
- President Nixon attended the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks in Moscow in 1972 and was the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union.
- Years of prolonged negotiation ensued before an agreement was reached during the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.