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The sky is particularly blue, like a girl lifting a gauze skirt, spreading a few white clouds in the sky. In the distance, you can see the snowy Alps, which are covered with snow all year round, and near it is a city full of various buildings with medieval style and modern beauty.

The European-style buildings are simple and solemn. This is the old city of the city. The ground is also a street paved with stones. It is narrow and curved, covered with green trees, and is simple and elegant. The buildings by Lake Leman on the other side reveal a modern atmosphere. Various modern high-rise buildings rise from the ground, neat and wide, and have a reasonable layout. In the parks that can be seen everywhere, ancient trees are towering, quiet and beautiful.

This city is the second largest city in Switzerland, Geneva. This is a famous scenic city in Switzerland. When its clocks and watches were exported overseas, it also became an international city with international institutions around the world. Including the United Nations European headquarters, the World Health Organization, the International Labor Organization, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Telecommunications Union, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Trade Organization, the Union of Congresses, the European Centre for Nuclear Research, the International Organization for Standardization, the International Committee of the Red Cross, etc., all were established in Geneva. Therefore, many major international conferences were held in Geneva.

For example, now, the new leaders between the two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union chose Geneva for the first time!

After World War II, there were no more than ten meetings between the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union. This meeting was also the first US-Soviet summit since President Carter met with General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev in Vienna in 1979.

Now, Gorbachev, the new leader of the Soviet Union, has come to power. His takeover represents a new historical moment. The Soviet Union's leaders have begun to pay more and more attention to the domestic people's life issues and their own domestic economic reform issues. Now, the US economy is also very bad. In this case, the meeting between the United States and the Soviet Union is under the attention of all countries. What project will the two sides negotiate? Will they reach an agreement on the nuclear weapons disarmament issue that the world is most concerned about?

In the eyes of people, on November 19, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, the leaders of the most powerful country on the planet, met for the first time in the beautiful city of Geneva.

This was the first meeting between the two parties. When the two hands were held together, smiles appeared on their faces. Under countless flashes, this very important scene was photographed.

Reagan's respective head was very tall, obviously higher than Gorbachev. Reagan had the usual three-point back and seven-point hair, and his hairstyle was complete. Gorbachev was already a little bald, and the weather was a little cold at this time, and both sides were wearing woolen coats.

The conversation at this time was obviously polite and would not have anything substantial.

The vast lake of Leman is crystal clear. In the middle of the lake, it seems like a long sword of shining straight into the sky. The 145-meter-high silver water column then turns into a fan-shaped drizzle and pours into the lagoon. This is the famous Geneva artificial fountain. On sunny days, the vast lake here is rippling with blue waves, sailboats, cruise ships, and yachts flowing endlessly.

But now, there are no tourist ships on the lake, only a few patrol boats shuttle back and forth, with agents from Switzerland, the United States, and the Soviet Union.

In a villa by the lake, it is even more vigilant. You can even see a mobile air defense missile launcher around the corner. This is the famous Splash Villa.

After the first contact between the delegations of both sides, at the invitation of President Reagan, Gorbachev and President Reagan came to the villa for a private meeting.

This talk between the two sides is the most important. It is of great help to exchange opinions from both sides, the most basic attitude towards various issues, and to alleviate the tense situation in the East and West through the conversation between the two.

"Recently, the rise in the yen is worth a good deal. I heard that your country's capital has gone to island countries to invest in island countries' stocks. Their income must be good." Gorbachev said.

After hearing this, President Reagan did not expect that this guy was not as easy as he imagined to deal with, and he actually came up to join his army!

Due to the depreciation of the US dollar and the flight of a large number of capital has led to the serious economic problems in the United States. Many capitals have gone to island countries to invest. This time, the US dollar has not gained any benefits, which is a very failed economic action.

Gorbachev's words were clearly ridiculing the United States. This was not like the demeanor of a leader of a big country.

Since this is the case, Reagan was not polite and said: "This year's rainfall is good, and there are bumper harvests all over the world, international food prices have fallen, and the pressure on your country to import food has been greatly reduced."

The world is full of harvest, but the Soviet Union did not have enough food. As the person in charge of agriculture, I really don’t know how you made the Soviet Union’s agricultural production mess.

After hearing the other party's sharp criticism, Gorbachev knew that it was meaningless to discuss this kind of content. However, what he said just now was not to mock the other party. They came to Geneva so seriously, and they were not like barbaric women on the street to scold them.

He said this just to point out that both sides are not very good now, and accordingly, they should save some money to spend between each other, and this family is not so easy to be.

"The United States has launched a Star Wars plan despite the opposition of the whole world, turning outer space into another battlefield and making the world more turbulent. Just a few days ago, another anti-satellite experiment was conducted to intensify the confrontation in space, which is not in line with the trend of world peace." Gorbachev continued.

"The Soviet Union had anti-satellite technology ten years ago, and we have only crossed this threshold until now. From this point of view, it should be the Soviet Union that provoked the arms race in outer space first?" said President Reagan.

The two of them faced each other like this, in fact, just to leave more cards for themselves. Gorbachev continued: "More than ten years ago, when our General Secretary Brezhnev and President Nixon met, they jointly signed a cooperation agreement on the exploration and use of outer space, and they had already opposed militarizing outer space. Since then, our Soviet Union has not conducted outer space experiments, but the United States has provoked competition in outer space."

Our development was before the two sides signed the agreement, but after signing the agreement, the United States voided the agreement and redeveloped this weapon.

After saying this, Reagan was speechless, but they didn't take that kind of agreement seriously at all. Besides, Nixon's time was completely different from now.

"General Secretary, it seems that we are not here to just protest, right?" Reagan said.

"Yes, we are here to seek solutions," Gorbachev said. "We should increase communication and trust between each other and reduce our mutual hostility, so that we can benefit the national interests of both of us."

Gorbachev's words made Reagan happy. This was because the General Secretary no longer had Brezhnev's aggressive attitude at the time. The exchanges and cooperation between the two sides were in line with the interests of both sides, not just for an empty name.

But then, he heard Gorbachev's words: "To reduce our mutual hostility, the United States should completely stop the Star Wars plan and prohibit war in outer space."

For the Soviet Union, the United States' Star Wars plan was one of the reasons that seriously increased the confrontation between the two sides. This is the key problem between the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States has high-tech and economic advantages, while the Soviet Union was lacking in both aspects. Gorbachev needed to focus on domestic reforms, but he could never give up national interests. He wanted to lay off his troops, but he could not fall into a disadvantage in the confrontation with the United States. Therefore, his idea was to let the United States stop the Star Wars plan, so that the Soviet Union would not have to invest a lot of money in these aspects. You should know that for the current Soviet Union, the United States has, and the Soviet Union has what it has.

"Then, please ask the Soviet Union to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan so that the stability of the situation in Central Asia can be restored." Reagan said.

For the United States, the brutal invasion of Afghanistan has always been a reason for verbally attacking the Soviet Union.

Do you think I don't want to withdraw troops from Afghanistan? Gorbachev thought to himself that in fact, he no longer thought about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and ending the war there. This war put a heavy economic burden on the Soviet Union. However, he could not, because it was the land obtained by countless casualties in the army. If he gave up like this, the military's might be fussing. Before he could absolutely control the army, he had to endure it for the time being.

Both sides confronted each other. Although these words were passed through translation, there was no smell of gunpowder, and even the two of them still had smiles on their faces, they still maintained their own dignity in their great powers. This kind of dialogue was meaningless.

It would be better to throw out the real proposal first. Otherwise, if you continue to say this, and even Stalin and Roosevelt would not make substantial progress.

"I think that for the common interests of both of us and for world peace, we both need to make substantial concessions to each other. I suggest that we both jointly reduce our nuclear arsenal and contribute to ease international tensions. What do you think?" Reagan asked.

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