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On June 6, the United States joined a unanimous U.N. Security Council Resolution demanding that Israel withdraw from Lebanon and that the border cease-fire be observed by all parties.
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The inbasion of Grenada, ordered by President Reagan, was the first major foreign event of the administration. President Reagan justified the invasion by stating that the cooperation of the island with Cuba posed a threat to the United States, and stated the invasion was a response to the illegal overthrow and execution of Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop by communist rebels.
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The United States and the Holy See announced the establishment of diplomatic relations on January 10, 1984. On March 7, 1984, the Senate confirmed William A. Wilson as the first U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. Ambassador Wilson had been President Reagan's personal envoy to the Pope since 1981. The Holy See named Archbishop Pio Laghi as the first Apostolic Nuncio (equivalent to ambassador) of the Holy See to the U.S.
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after ending the Iraq-U.S. war, Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz met in Washington with Secretary of State George Shultz
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President Reagan and Mikhail sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty which eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launche ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate range
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Reagan demands the wall dividing East Germany and West Germany be torn down
