1997 Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Russia and Ukraine

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The 1997 Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Russia and Ukraine was a foundational bilateral agreement that recognized existing borders, affirmed mutual respect for sovereignty, and laid out principles for political, economic, and security cooperation between the two states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
international agreement
affirmedPrinciple inviolability of borders
mutual respect for sovereignty
non-use of force or threat of force
peaceful settlement of disputes
strategic partnership between Russia and Ukraine
territorial integrity of both states
alsoKnownAs Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty
Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation
articleContent Article 2 obliges parties to respect territorial integrity and confirm inviolability of existing borders
Article 3 obliges parties to build relations on principles of strategic partnership, mutual respect, and cooperation
Article 6 obliges parties not to use their territory to harm the security of the other party
countrySignatory Russian Federation
linked to: Russia

Ukraine
denouncedBy Ukraine
denunciationEffectiveOn 2019-04-01
denunciationReason Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 and armed aggression against Ukraine
enteredIntoForceOn 1999-04-01
geopoliticalContext Black Sea region security architecture
post-Soviet relations between Russia and Ukraine
governedBy principles of international law
language Russian
Ukrainian
legalBasisFor strategic partnership framework between Russia and Ukraine in the late 1990s and 2000s
providedFor economic cooperation
political cooperation
protection of rights of citizens of each state on the territory of the other
security cooperation
ratifiedBy Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
linked to: Verkhovna Rada
recognized existing state borders between Russia and Ukraine
relatedTo Partition Treaty on the Status and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet
renewal automatically renewed for subsequent 10-year periods unless denounced
signedAt Kyiv
signedIn 1997
signedOn 1997-05-31
status no longer in force
subjectMatter economic relations
human rights and protection of citizens
political cooperation
security and military cooperation
sovereignty
state borders
territorial integrity
termLength 10 years

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Russia–Ukraine maritime disputes relatedToAgreement 1997 Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Russia and Ukraine
1997 Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Russia and Ukraine alsoKnownAs Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation
linked to: 1997 Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership between Russia and Ukraine