The Basic Principles Agreement

Question 1

What did the Moscow Summit agree on?

Answer 1

The Basic Principles Agreement

Question 2

What was the Basic Principles Agreement made up of?

Answer 2

12 fundamental principles, designed to underpin superpower relations

Question 3

What did the principles in the agreement include?

Answer 3

An acceptance that the superpowers would co-exist peacefully, recognise each other as equals, exercise restraint at times of crisis, and avoid confrontation

Question 4

The Moscow Summit agreed on a Joint Commercial Commission, what was this?

Answer 4

A commission which negotiated trade deals between the two superpowers

Question 5

Why was the Basic Principles Agreement significant?

Answer 5

For the first time, it introduced a series of rules governing most aspects of the relationship between the two superpowers. In this sense, it made the relationship more stable