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Summit diplomacy is a form of conference diplomacy in which the heads of state or government come together to conduct negotiations. Even though there were earlier forms of summit diplomacy, it was Winston Churchill who used the word “summit” for the first time in 1950 to describe the meeting of leaders of major powers of the time. Summits can be formed in many sizes and different ways depending on the purpose of negotiations. It should be noted that Summit Diplomacy is different from the direct or personal diplomacy among political figures through correspondence, telephone conversations or tête-à-tête (face-to-face) talks. Summits require specific time and location of a meeting. A good example involving two countries is the ReaganGorbachev Summit of 1987 in Reykjavik, Island, which was concluded with an agreement on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.