Contract between the Russian Federation and Republic of Belarus on friendship, neighborliness and cooperation

of February 21, 1995

The Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus which are hereinafter referred to as with Contracting Parties

considering historically developed close ties between their people,

considering that further strengthening of friendship, neighborliness and mutually beneficial cooperation is equitable to radical interests of the people of both states, serves cause of peace and safety,

noting that the Contract between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic of December 18, 1990 played the historical role,

convinced of need to continue construction of the sovereign democratic states with socially oriented market economy and in every possible way to promote creation of the Common Economic Space,

aiming to give new quality to the relations and to strengthen the legal basis of cooperation taking into account deep political and economic changes in both states and tendencies of the international life,

proceeding from desire to build the bilateral relations on the basis of mutual respect, equality, trust, consent and partnership,

confirming the commitment to the purposes and the principles of Articles of organization of the United Nations, provisions of the Helsinki Final Act, the Parisian Charter for new Europe and other documents of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,

in view of obligations of both states within the Commonwealth of Independent States,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

Contracting parties will build friendly, good-neighbourhood and to develop cooperation, being guided by the principles of mutual respect of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity, inviolability of borders, peaceful settlement of disputes and nonuses of force or threats of force, equality and non-interference to internal affairs, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, fair accomplishment of obligations, and also other conventional principles and rules of international law.

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