Poroshenko Signs Law Terminating Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation With Russia
SputnikNews.com
10.12.2018
Kiev sent a diplomatic note to Moscow in September saying it would not renew the 1997 treaty.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he signed a law to terminate the Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty, with the law set to step into effect on April 1, 2019.
“Ukrainian law No.206 ‘On the termination of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership Between Ukraine and the Russian Federation’ has been signed,” Poroshenko wrote on his official Twitter account.
Ukraine’s parliament voted not to prolong the treaty last week, with 277 of 450 lawmakers supporting the decision. Poroshenko submitted the bill to parliament last Monday. Kiev sent sent Moscow a letter indicating it did not plan to renew the treaty in September.
The Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty is one of the most important agreements among the several hundred treaties signed between the two countries following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. It promotes the principle of strategic partnership, forbids the countries from declaring war on one another, and recognizes the principle of respect for territorial integrity. Furthermore, the treaty established protections for the citizens of Ukraine in Russia and vice-versa in accordance with the principles of international law.
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