Ku wa 18 Kamena 1979, habaye intambwe ikomeye mu mateka ya dipolomasi mpuzamahanga ubwo Perezida wa Amerika, Jimmy Carter, na Perezida w’icyahoze ari Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Abasoviyeti, Leonid Brezhnev, bahuriraga mu mujyi wa Vienna bagashyira umukono ku masezerano yiswe Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II (SALT II).
Aya masezerano yari agamije kugabanya no kugenzura ubwiyongere bw’intwaro za kirimbuzi zari zifitwe n’ibihugu byombi byari bihanganye mu gihe cy’Intambara y’Ubutita (Cold War). Icyo gihe, Amerika n’Abasoviyeti byari bifite ibisasu bya kirimbuzi byinshi bishobora guteza ingaruka zikomeye ku mutekano w’isi.
SALT II yashyizeho amabwiriza yagombaga kugabanya umubare w’ibisasu bya kirimbuzi n’ibikoresho byabyo, harimo za misile zambukiranya imigabane (ICBMs) n’izindi ntwaro zikomeye za gisirikare. Byafatwaga nk’intambwe ikomeye mu rwego rwo kugabanya amakimbirane hagati y’ibihugu byombi no gushimangira ibiganiro bya dipolomasi.
Nubwo ayo masezerano yashyizweho umukono n’abayobozi bombi, ntiyigeze yemezwa burundu n’Inteko Ishinga Amategeko ya Amerika nyuma y’aho Abasoviyeti binjiriye muri Afghanistan mu mpera za 1979. Icyakora, impande zombi zakomeje kuyubahiriza mu buryo butaziguye mu myaka yakurikiyeho.
Abasesenguzi b’amateka bavuga ko SALT II yabaye imwe mu nkingi zafashije kugabanya ubushyamirane bwa kirimbuzi hagati y’ibihugu bikomeye ku isi, ndetse ikaba yaratanze umusingi w’andi masezerano yakurikiyeho agamije kubaka amahoro n’umutekano mpuzamahanga.
Uyu munsi, imyaka irenga 40 ishize, SALT II iracyibukwa nk’ikimenyetso cy’ubushake bwa dipolomasi bwo gushaka ibisubizo mu gihe isi yari ihanganye n’iterabwoba ry’intambara ya kirimbuzi.
