AGREEMENT

of May 31, 1997

About friendship, cooperation and partnership between the Russian Federation and Ukraine

The Russian Federation and Ukraine, the "High contracting parties" which further are referred to as,

relying on historically developed close ties, the relations of friendship and cooperation between the people of Russia and Ukraine,

noting that the Contract between RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR of November 19, 1990 promoted development of good-neighbourhood between both states,

confirming the obligations following from regulations of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on further development of the interstate relations signed in Dagomys on June 23, 1992

considering that strengthening of friendship, neighborliness and mutually beneficial cooperation is equitable to radical interests of their people, serves cause of peace and the international security,

aiming to give new quality to these relations and to strengthen their legal basis,

the full of determination to provide irreversibility and progressiveness of democratic processes in both states,

considering arrangements within the Commonwealth of Independent States,

confirming the commitment to rules of international law, first of all to the purposes and the principles of Articles of organization of the United Nations, and following the obligations undertaken within Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

agreed as follows:

Article 1

High contracting parties as the friendly, equal and sovereign states base the relations on mutual respect and trust, strategic partnership and cooperation.

Article 2

High contracting parties according to provisions of the Charter of the UN and obligations under the Final act of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe respect territorial integrity of each other and confirm inviolability of the borders existing between them.

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