No.
6045
UNION
OF
SOVIET
SOCIALIST
REPUBLICS
and
DEMOCRATIC
PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC
OF
KOREA
Treaty
of
friendship,
co-operation
and
mutual
assistance.
Signed
at
Moscow,
on
6
July
1961
Official
texts:
Russian
and
Korean.
Registered
by
the
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist
Republics
on
23
January
1962.
UNION
DES
RÉPUBLIQUES
SOCIALISTES
SOVD3TÏQUES
et
RÉPUBLIQUE
POPULAIRE
DÉMOCRATIQUE
DE
CORÉE
Traité
d'amitié,
de
coopération
et
d'assistance
mutuelle.
Signé
à
Moscou,
le
6
juillet
1961
Textes
officiels
russe
et
coréen.
Enregistré
par
l'Union
des
Républiques
socialistes
soviétiques
le
23
janvier
1962.
154
United
Nations—
Treaty
Series
1962
[TRANSLATION
TRADUCTION]
No.
6045.
TREATY
OF
FRIENDSHIP,
CO-OPERATION
AND
MUTUAL
ASSISTANCE
1
BETWEEN
THE
UNION
OF
SOVIET
SOCIALIST
REPUBLICS
AND
THE
DEMOCRA
TIC
PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC
OF
KOREA.
SIGNED
AT
MOSCOW,
ON
6
JULY
1961
The
Presidium
of
the
Supreme
Soviet
of
the
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist
Republics
and
the
Presidium
of
the
Supreme
National
Assembly
of
the
De
mocratic
People's
Republic
of
Korea,
Anxious
to
develop
and
strengthen
the
friendly
relations
between
the
Soviet
Union
and
the
Democratic
People's
Republic
of
Korea
based
on
the
prin
ciple
of
socialist
internationalism,
Desiring
to
promote
the
maintenance and
strengthening
of
peace
and
se
curity in
the
Far
East
and
throughout
the
world in
accordance
with
the purposes
and
principles
of
the
United
Nations,
Resolved
to
extend
assistance
and
support
to
one
another
in
the
event
of
military
attack
upon
either
of
the
Contracting
Parties
by
any
State
or
coalition
of
States,
Convinced
that
the
strengthening
of
friendship,
good-neighbourliness and
co-operation
between
the
Soviet
Union and
the
Democratic
People's
Republic
of
Korea
is
in
accordance
with
the
vital
interests
of
the
people
of
both
States
and
will
best
serve
to
promote
their
further
economic
and
cultural
development,
Have
decided
for
this
purpose
to
conclude
the
present
Treaty
and
have
appointed
as
their
plenipotentiaries:
The
Presidium
of
the
Supreme
Soviet
of
the
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist
Republics:
Nikita
Sergeevich
Khrushchev,
Chairman
of
the
Council
of
Ministers
of
the
USSR;
The
Presidium
of
the
Supreme
National
Assembly
of
the
Democratic
People's
Republic
of
Korea:
Kim
II
Sung,
Chairman
of
the
Cabinet of
Ministers
of
the
Democratic People's
Republic
of
Korea.
The
two
plenipotentiary
representatives,
having
exchanged
their
full
powers,
found
in
good
and
due
form,
have
agreed
as
follows:
Article
1
The
Contracting
Parties
declare
that
they
will
continue
to
participate
in
all
international
action designed to
safeguard
peace
and
security
in
the
Far
1
Came
into
force
on
10
September
1961,
the
date
of
the
exchange
of
the
instruments
of
ratifi
cation
at
Pyongyang,
in
accordance
with
article
6.
156
United
Nations
Treaty
Series
1962
East
and
throughout
the
world
and
will
contribute
to
the
realization
of
these
lofty
aims.
Should
either
of
the
Contracting
Parties
suffer
armed
attack
by any
State
or
coalition
of
States
and
thus
find
itself
in
a
state
of
war,
the
other
Contracting
Party
shall
immediately
extend military
and
other
assistance
with
all
the
means
at
its
disposal.
Article
2
Each
Contracting
Party
undertakes
not
to
enter
into
any
alliance
or
to
participate
in
any
coalition,
or
in any
action
or
measure,
directed
against
the
other
Contracting
Party.
Article
3
The
Contracting
Parties
shall
consult
together
on
all
important
international
questions
involving
the
interests
of
both
States,
in
an
effort
to
strengthen
peace
and
universal
security.
Article
4
The
two
Contracting
Parties
undertake,
in
a
spirit
of
friendship and
co
operation
in
accordance
with
the
principles
of
equal
rights,
mutual
respect
for
State
sovereignty
and
territorial
integrity,
and
non-intervention
in
each
other's
domestic
affairs,
to
develop
and
strengthen
the
economic
and
cultural
ties
between
the
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist
Republics
and
the
Democratic
People's
Republic
of
Korea,
to
render
each
other
all
possible
assistance
and
to
effect
the
necessary
co-operation
in
the
economic
and
cultural
fields.
Article
5
The
two
Contracting
Parties
consider
that
the
unification
of
Korea
should
be
brought
about
on
a
peaceful
and
democratic
basis
and
that
such
a
solution
is
in
keeping
both
with the
national
interests
of
the
Korean
people
and
with
the
cause
of
maintaining
peace
in
the
Far
East.
Article
6
This
Treaty
shall
enter
into
force
on
the
date of
the
exchange
of
the
in
struments
of
ratification,
which
shall
take
place
at
Pyongyang.
This
Treaty
shall
remain
in
force
for
ten
years.
If
neither
of
the
Contracting
Parties
gives
notice
one
year
before
the
expiration
of
the
said
period
that
it
wishes
to
denounce
the
Treaty,
it
shall
remain
in
force
for
the
succeeding
five
years
and
shall
thereafter
continue
in
force
in
accordance
with
this
provision.
No.
6045
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United
Nations
—
Treaty
Series
1962
DONE
at
Moscow,
on
6
July
1961,
in
two
copies, each
in
the
Russian
and
Korean
languages,
both
texts
being
equally
authentic.
By
authorization
of
the
Presidium
By
authorization
of
the
Presidium
of
the Supreme
Soviet
of
the
of
the Supreme
National
Assembly
of
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist
Republics:
the
Democratic
People's
Republic
of
Korea:
N.
KHRUSHCHEV
KIM
IL
SUNG
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