Treaty of Warsaw

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The Treaty of Warsaw, formally known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was the 1955 founding pact of the Warsaw Pact, a Soviet-led military alliance of Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War.

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instanceOf Cold War treaty
founding treaty
military alliance treaty
cameIntoForce 1955-06-05
concludedIn 1955
containsProvision consultation on security issues
joint military command
mutual assistance in case of armed attack in Europe
countryOfSigning Poland
creates mutual defense obligations
dateSigned 1955-05-14
establishedOrganization Warsaw Pact Joint Command
surface form: Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact
foundingInstrumentOf Warsaw Pact
governingBodyCreated Warsaw Pact Joint Command
surface form: Political Consultative Committee of the Warsaw Pact
hasEffectOn military integration of Eastern Bloc
stationing of Soviet troops in member states
historicalPeriod Cold War
ideologicalContext Eastern Bloc
surface form: Soviet-led Eastern Bloc
inResponseTo West Germany’s accession to NATO
language Bulgarian
Czech
German
Hungarian
Polish
Romanian
Russian
Slovak
legalStatus multilateral treaty
officialName Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance
opposedTo NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
precededBy North Atlantic Treaty
purpose collective defense against NATO
military cooperation among Eastern Bloc states
region Eastern Europe
shortName Treaty of Warsaw self-link
signatory Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union
signedByRepresentativeOf Bolesław Bierut
Nikita Khrushchev
signedIn Warsaw
subjectMatter collective security
military alliance
political cooperation
terminatedWith dissolution of the Warsaw Pact
validUntil 1991

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Treaty of Warsaw shortName Treaty of Warsaw self-link