The treaty of friendship and cooperation between Ukraine and the Republic of Estonia

of May 26, 1992

Ukraine and the Republic of Estonia ("the High Contractual Parties" hereinafter are referred to as further),

aiming to develop the interstate relations which originate from the Contract between the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic and the Estonian Democratic Republic of November 25, 1921 and protocols to it,

being convinced that neighborliness, the mutual respect and cooperation between two states are equitable to interests of the people of Ukraine and Estonia and serve creation of qualitatively new relations based on equality and consolidation of security system in Europe,

welcoming the current historical changes in Europe and both states which made possible overcoming confrontation and split in Europe,

being guided by the purposes and the principles of the Charter of the UN and proceeding from primacy of the universally recognized norms of international law and universal values,

confirming aspiration of both High Contractual Parties to accomplishment fully of obligations which contain in the Helsinki Final act, the Parisian Charter for new Europe, and also other documents of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and to make it contribution to creation of democratic, peace and single Europe,

confirming that observance of basic rights and human freedoms is the integral condition of consolidation of peace and safety,

aiming to provide new quality to the bilateral relations taking into account experience of development of political, economic, scientific and technical, ecological, information, humanitarian, cultural and other cooperation and to strengthen their contractual basis based on mutual advantage,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

The high Contractual Parties will develop the relations as the friendly states. They will be consistently guided by the principles of sovereign equality, refusal of use of force or threat of force, inviolability of borders, territorial integrity, peaceful settlement of disputes, non-interference to internal affairs, respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms, equality and the right of the people to dispose of the destiny, mutually beneficial cooperation, fair accomplishment of the international obligations.

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