TEXT OF USSR-INDIA TREATY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-210-5-6-6
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 9, 1971
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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TEXT OF USSR-INDIA TREATY ,,IIJArt- -J- ?,~
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(TEXT) MOSCOW AUGUST 9 TASS--FOLLOWS THE FULL TEXT OF THE
TREATY OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNION
OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS AND THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA (UNOFFICIAL
TRANSLATION)
WILLING TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN THE EXISTING RELATIONS
OF SINCERE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THEM,
CONSIDERING THAT THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF FRIENDSHIP
AND COOPERATION MEETS THE BASIC NATIONAL INTERESTS OF BOTH
STATES AS WELL AS THE INTERESTS OF A LASTING PEACE IN ASIA
AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,
BEING DETERMINED TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARD STRENGTHENING
WORLD PEACE AND SECURITY AND MAKE TIRELESS EFFORTS TO BRING
ABOUT A RELAXATION OF INTERNATIONAL TENSION AND THE FINAL
ABOLITION OF THE VESTIGES OF COLONIALISM,
REAFFIRMING THEIR FIRM BELIEF IN THE PRINCIPLES OF
PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AND COOPERATION BETWEEN STATES WITH
DIFFERE1T POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS,
BEING CONVINCED_ THAT IN THE PRESENT DAY WORLD INTERNATIONAL
THROUGH CONFLICT,
REAFFIRMING THEIR DETERMINATION TO FOLLOW,THE AIMS AND
PRINCIPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER,
THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS ON THE ONE HAND
AND THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ON THE OTHER HAVE DECIDED TO
CONCLUDE THE PRESENT TREATY AND WITH THIS AIM IN VIEW APPOINTED
THE FOLLOWING PLENIPOTENTIARIESt
ON BEHALF OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS-.THE
FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE USSR, A.A. GROMYKO.
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ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA>..THE MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS OF INDIA, SWARAN SINGH.
WHO9UPON PRESENTATION OF THEIR CREDENTIALS, FOUND
IN DUE FORM AND PROPER ORDER, AGREED ON THE FOLLOWING.
ARTICLE. 1
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES SOLEMNLY DECLARE THAT THERE
SHALL BE A LASTING PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THEIR TWO
COUNTRIES AND THEIR PEOPLES. EACH SIDE SHALL RESPECT THE
INDEPENDENCE, SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF THE
arHER AND REFRAIN FROM INTERFERING IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE
(I HER SIDE.
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
A STRENGTHEN THE RELATIObNa OF SINCERE FRIENDSHIP, GOOD
NEIGHBORLINESS AND ALL-ROUND COOPERATION EXISTING BETWEEN THEM
ON THE BASIS OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED PRINCIPLES AS WELL AS
THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY AND MUTUAL BENEFIT.
ARTICLE 2
BEING GUIDED BY A DESIRE TO CONTRIBUTE IN EVERY WAY
TOWARD ENSURING A LASTING PEACE AND SECURITY OF THEIR PEOPLES,
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES DECLARE THEIR DETERMINATION TO
CONTINUE EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN AND STRENGTHEN PEACE IN ASIA
AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, END THE ARMS RACE AND ACHIEVE GENERAL
AND COMPLETE DISARMAMENT COVERING BOTH NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL
WEAPONS UNDER EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL CONTROL.
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FIRST ADD 21 (USSR-INDIA TREATY)
XXX EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL CONTROL.
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ARTICLE 3
BEING GUIDED BY THEIR DEVOTION TO THE LOFTY IDEAL OF
EQUALITY OF ALL PEOPLES AND STATES IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR RACE
CR CREED, THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES CONDEMN COLONIALISM
AND RACIALISM IN ALL ITS FORMS AND MANIFESTATIONS AND REAFFIRM
THEIR DETERMINATION TO STRIVE FOR THEIR FINAL AND FULL
ABOLITION.
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL COOPERATE WITH
CS HER STATES IN ACHIEVING THESE AIMS AND TO SUPPORT THE
JUST ASPIRATIONS OF THE PEOPLES IN THEIR STRUGGLE AGAINST
COLONIALISM AND RACIAL DOMINATION.
ARTICLE 4
THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS RESPECTS INDIA'S
POLICY OF NON-ALIGNMENT AND REAFFIRMS THAT THIS POLICY IS-
AN IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR MAINTAINING WORLD PEACE AND
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND FOR EASING TENSION IN THE WORLD.
THE REP THE PEACEFUL POL IC
OF T S AIMED AT
STRENGTHENING FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION WITH ALL PEOPLES.
ARTICLE 5
BEING DEEPLY INTERESTED IN ENSURING WORLD PEACE AND
SECURITY, AND ATTACHING GREAT IMPORTANCE TO MUTUAL COOPERATION
IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA TO ACHIEVE THESE AIMS, THE HIGH
CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL MAINTAIN REGULAR CONTACTS WITH
EACH OTHER ON MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE
INTERESTS OF BOTH SIDES, THROUGH MEETINGS AND EXCHANGE OF OPINIONS
BETWEEN THEIR LEADING STATESMEN, VISITS BY OFFICIAL DELEGATIONS
AND SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE Two GOVERNMENTS AND THROUGH
DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS.
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ATTRIBUTING GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ECONOMIC, SCIENTIFIC
AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THEM, THE HIGH CONTRACTING
PARTIES SHALL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND WIDEN THEIR
MUTUALLY ADVANTAGEOUS AND ALL-ROUND COOPERATION IN THESE
FIELDS AND ALSO TO EXPAND THEIR COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS
OF TRADE, TRANSPORT, AND CONTACTS BETWEEN THEM ON THE BASIS
OF THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY, MUTUAL ADVANTAGE AND THE MOST
FAVOURED NATION PRINCIPLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE EXISTING
AGREEMENTS AND SPECIAL AGREEMENTS WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES,
AS IT IS STIPULATED IN THE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNION
CF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS AND INDIA OF DECEMBER 26, 1970.
ARTICLE 7
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL PROMOTE THE FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELATIONS AND CONTACTS BETWEEN THEM IN
THE FIELDS OF SCIENCE, ART, LITERATURE, EDUCATION, HEALTH
CARE, THE PRESS, RADIO, TELEVISION, CINEMA, TOURISM AND
SPORT.
9 AUG 1147Z JPC/GFE
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SECOND AND LAST ADD 21 (TEXT OF USSR-INDIA TREATY)
XXX TOURISM AND SPORT*
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ARTICLE S
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN
THE TWO COUNTRIES, EACH OF THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES SOLEMNLY
DECLARES THAT IT-SHALL NOT ENTER INTO OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY MILITARY
ALLIANCES DIRECTED AGAINST THE OTHER .
EACH OF THE HIGH CONTRACT-INS PARTZls T rAKL5 Iu REFRAIN
FROM T TO ALLOW THE
LITARY
USE OF ' COMMITTING ANY ACT TH T MAY..
DAMAgE~2 THE OTHER HIGH CONTRACTING A ?
ARTICLE . 9
EACH OF THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES ITAKINGEPART~INTANRARMEDNCOFROM
NFLICT
GIVING ASSISTANCE TO ANY THIRD PARTY
WITH THE OTHER PARTY. IN ASE ANY OF THE PARTIES IS ATTACKED
OR THREAT NED WITH ATTACK t1E HIQ R NG P RT IES Imm
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ARTICLE 10
EACH OF THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES SOLEMNLY DECLARES THAT IT
SHALL NOT UNDERTAKE ANY COMMITMENT, SECRET OR OPEN, TOWARD ONE OR
MORE STATES INCOMPATIABLE WITH THE PRESENT TREATY. EACH OF THE
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HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES DECLARES. FURTHER THAT t
TOWARD ANY OTHER STATE OR STAT .AND Y SHALL NOT TAx ANY COMMITMENTS
THAT MAY CAUSE MILITARY DAMAGE TO THE OTHER PARTY.
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THE PRESENT TREATY IS SIGNED FOR A TERM O .NTY YEARS ANn SHALL
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BE PROLONGED AUTOMATICALLY FOR EVERY SUBSEQUE
ERIOD OF FIVE YEARS
UNLESS" ONE OF THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES DECLARES ITS INTENSION
TO TERMINATE ITS OPERATION BY NOTIFYING THE OTHER HIGH CONTRACTING
PARTY 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM. OF THE TREATY.
THE TREATY IS SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION AND SHALL COME INTO FORCE
SINCE THE DAY OF EXCHANGING THE INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION, WHICH
WILL BE EFFECTED IN MOSCOW WITHIN ONE MONTH AFTER SIGNING THE PRESENT
TREATY.
ARTICLE 12
ANY DIFFERENCES IN INTERPRETING ANY ARTICLE OR ARTICLES OF THE
(RESENT TREATY THAT MAY ARISE BETWEEN THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES
SHALL BE SETTLED ON A BILATERAL BASIS BY PEACEFUL MEANS IN A SPIRIT.
OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING.
THE ABOVE-MENTIONED.PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVES SIGNED
THE-PRESENT TREATY IN RUSSIAN, HINDI AND ENGLISH, ALL THE TEXTS
BEING EQUALLY AUTHENTIC, AND AFIXED THEIR SEALS THERETO.
DONE IN NEW DELHI ON AUGUST 9, 1971
FOR THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, A. GROMYKO,
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
FOR THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA, SWARAN SINGH, MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS,
(ENDALL)
9 AUG 1216Z JUT/WA
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