Ratification of INF Treaty

Date: June 1, 1988 • Location: Moscow, Russia

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was an arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. US president Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev signed the treaty on 8 December 1987. The US Senate approved the treaty on 27 May 1988, and Reagan and Gorbachev ratified it on 1 June 1988.