AGREEMENT on Friendship and Cooperation
Between the
The
Respecting the state sovereignty of both
republics, based on the commonality of goals and tasks on strengthening their
statehood,
Striving for the further development and
strengthening of the cooperation in the political, social, environmental,
cultural and other fields…
Respecting priorities of fundamental human rights
and freedoms, expressing the readiness to contribute to the settlement of
pressing economic and social issues,
Decided to conclude this Agreement on friendship
and cooperation and
agreed upon the following:
Article 1
Contracting
Parties shall develop their relations based on the principles of equality,
non-interference in internal affairs, mutual respect and cooperation.
Contracting
parties shall extend the exchange of experience on democratic developments in
the states and economic issues respecting the diversity of forms, as well as
national features and specific conditions of each of the republic;
Article 3
Contracting
parties shall refrain themselves from the acts that run counter to the
political, economic, environmental or other interests.
(…)
Article 5
Contracting
parties shall cooperate in the field of state building…
Article 9
Contracting
Parties consider necessary to establish plenipotentiary missions in the cities
of Kazan and Sukhum of the
(…)
Article 10
This
Agreement shall come into force as soon as it is signed.
This
agreement is concluded for five years term…
(…)
This
Agreement is concluded in two copies, each in Tatar, Abkhaz and Russian
languages…
For
the Republic of Abkhazia the Chairman of the Parliament V. G. Ardzinba
For
the
(Archive of the Office of the Special
Representative of the UN Secretary-General in