The treaty of friendship and cooperation between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Belarus

of January 17, 1996

The Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Belarus, the "Contracting parties" which further are referred to as,

relying on historically developed bonds, friendship and traditions of mutual respect between their people;

the performed determination to build the independent democratic states in the territories;

considering that further development and strengthening of the relations of friendship and cooperation between them is equitable to radical interests of the people of both states and serves cause of peace and safety;

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

firmly convinced that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is the integral condition of peace and security consolidation, democracy and justice;

recognizing need to give new high-quality level to the bilateral relations and to strengthen their contractual basis,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

Contracting parties will develop the relations as the friendly states. In these relations they shall be guided by the principles of mutual respect of independence, the state sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of borders, equality and non-interference to internal affairs of each other, nonuse of force and threat of force, peaceful settlement of disputes, respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms, fair accomplishment of the international obligations and other universally recognized norms of international law.

Article 2

Contracting parties will interact for the purpose of strengthening of the world, increase in stability and safety both in global, and in regional scale. They will make efforts for assistance to peaceful settlement of the conflicts and other situations infringing on interests of Contracting Parties and to hold for this purpose consultations.

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