Moscow Summit (1972)

Moscow Summit
Nixon and Brezhnev signing the SALT agreement during the summit
Host country	Soviet Union
Date	May 22–30, 1972
Venue(s)	Kremlin Palace
Cities	Moscow
Participants	Leonid Brezhnev Richard Nixon
Follows	Glassboro Summit Conference
Precedes	Washington Summit (1973)

The Moscow Summit of 1972 was a summit meeting between President Richard M. Nixon of the United States and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It was held May 22–30, 1972. It featured the signing of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I), and the U.S.–Soviet Incidents at Sea agreement. The summit is considered one of the hallmarks of the détente at the time between the two Cold War antagonists.