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The Moscow Treaty (12 August 1970)
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| Document type |
Treaty
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| Source |
United States-Department of State. Documents on Germany 1944-1985. Washington: Department of State, [s.d.], pp. 1103-1105.
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| Keywords |
Federal Republic of Germany, Ostpolitik, USSR
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| Copyright |
United States of America Department of State
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| Caption |
The Treaty between Germany and the USSR, signed in Moscow on 12 August 1970, launched German policy vis-à-vis Eastern Europe (Ostpolitik), paving the way for the normalisation of diplomatic relations and confirming the peaceful territorial status quo between the Soviet Union and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).
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| Location in the digital library |
EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS >> Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe >> Origin and development
HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1987–1997 The European Union in a Europe in the throes of change >> The end of the Cold War and geopolitical change in Europe >> Reunification of a divided Germany
HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1969–1979 Crises and revival >> Relations between the two blocs >> The Ostpolitik of the FRG
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| Document extract |
Treaty Between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Soviet Union, Signed at Moscow, August 12, 1970
The High Contracting Parties Anxious to contribute to strengthening peace and security in Europe and the world, Convinced that peaceful cooperation among States on the basis of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations complies with the ardent desire of nations and the general interests of international peace, Appreciating the fact that the agreed measures previously implemented by them, in particular the conclusion of the Agreement of 13 September 1955 on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations, have created favourable conditions for new important steps destined to develop further and to strengthen their mutual relations, Desiring to lend expression, in the form of a treaty, to their determination to improve and extend cooperation between them, including economic relations as well as scientific, technological and cultural contacts, in the interest of both States, Have agreed as follows:
Article I
The Federal Republic of Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics consider it an important objective of their policies to maintain international peace and achieve détente. They a (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
Cartoon by Behrendt on the Ostpolitik (13 December 1969)
The Federal Republic of Germany’s Ostpolitik
Notes of reply from the three Western Powers (11 August 1970)
Walter Scheel and Willy Brandt (19 November 1972)
Cartoon by Behrendt on the relations between the FRG and the USSR (1973)
Cartoon by Behrendt on the arms race (25 July 1975)
Cartoon by Cummings on the French_German rapprochement (17 August 1959)
Cartoon by Behrendt on the Molotov Plan
Signing of the Single European Act (Luxembourg, 17 February 1986)
Cartoon by Geisen on Moscow and the issue of Austria’s accession to the EEC (1967)
Swearing_in of Konrad Adenauer (Bonn, 15 September 1949)
Composition of the first government of Konrad Adenauer (Bonn, 20 September 1949)
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