THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE
Being guided
by the international acts, meant to provide for the integral right of peoples
on self-determination, aspiring towards the further development and strengthening
of multilateral cooperation among the states and taking note of the resemblance
of destinies of multiethnic peoples of the Trans-Dniester Moldova Republic and of
the Republic of Abkhazia, fighting for the independent and equal state
development, verifying the aspirations of our peoples towards establishment of
fair political, socio-economic and cultural ties, the Supreme Council of the
Trans-Dniester Moldova Republic resolves:
To ratify the
Agreement on friendship and cooperation between the
First Deputy
Chairman of the Supreme
Council of the
(From the
personal archive of the author)
AGREEMENT ON FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE
The Trans-Dniester Moldova Republic and the Republic of Abkhazia,
based on the common goals and objectives of strengthening own statehood, guided
by the aspiration towards further development and strengthening of multilateral
cooperation between the republics, believing that establishment of just
political, economic and cultural ties, based on the cooperation of power
organs, economic organs, cultural societies, agencies is a necessary guarantee
of their political development;
Insisting on
protection of Human Rights, expressing the will to contribute to the settlement
of immediate economic and social issues and guided by the aspiration of their
peoples towards self-determination, independence and sovereignty, decided to
conclude Agreement on friendship and cooperation and agreed on the following:
Article 1. The high
contracting parties are expressing the firm belief to develop and to foster, on
the basis of the universal principals and values of mutual respect and
equality, fraternal bilateral ties, in the pursuit of prosperity of their
peoples and strengthening of peace and accord among the citizens, despite their
nationality. They will share experience of democratic transformations in the
state and economic domains, taking into account the diversity of its forms and
also the national peculiarities and specific conditions of each republic.
Article 2. The
republics will comprehensively develop and improve economic and scientific and
technical cooperation, as well as trade relations. They will coordinate
national economic activities and will be in pursuit of the most effective forms
and directions of the bilateral interaction.
Article 3. The
Article 4. The
republics will consistently support establishment of the fraternal friendship
between the residing peoples, improving and expanding their cooperation in all
the domains of life on bilateral and multilateral levels. They will actively support
expansion and deepening of cooperation and economic integration on the agreed
directions.
Article 5. The Contracting Republics, based on the
common goals and approaches to the development of the actual democratic
processes, diverse economy, will provide for permanent sharing of opinions on
these issues, will constantly put necessary efforts for strengthening of peace
on the territory of own republics, as well as in the region and will facilitate
reduction of defense expenditures without diminishing of security of their
peoples.
Article 7. (…) They will also facilitate the political
settlement of regional conflicts and liquidation of hotbeds of tension by means
of negotiations and consultations on the basis of respecting sovereignty and
right of peoples to self-determination and free choice of their political and
public arrangement.
Article 8. The
republics will respect the principles of the UNO, implementing its decisions,
as decisions of the universal organization, designed to settle key problems of
the current world.
Article 9. The
Article 11. In case
of threat of armed attack against any of these republics, the sides will
immediately begin respective consultations with the purpose of elaboration of
measures of retaliation of aggression.
Article 12. The
present agreement does not impede each of the sides to develop good neighborly
relations in all the domains with other republics and is not directed against
the third countries.
Article 13. The
present agreement is concluded with the term of 10 years. Its action will be
automatically prolonged for five year period, if any of the parties will not
express its will to denounce the agreement by means of the written notification
6 months prior to the expiration of the mentioned term.
Article 14. The
present agreement is subject to ratification by the supreme organs of state
power of the both republics and will be enforced on the day of the exchange of
instruments of ratification that will be held in the city of
On behalf of
The Trans-Dniester Moldova Republic
The President
of The
On behalf of
the
The Chairman of the Supreme Council of the
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personal archive of the author)