Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance

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collective defense treaty founding document of the Warsaw Pact international treaty

The Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance was the founding collective defense agreement that established the Warsaw Pact as the Eastern Bloc’s military alliance during the Cold War.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collective defense treaty ⓘ founding document of the Warsaw Pact ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Warsaw ⓘ Warsaw Pact ⓘ surface form: Warsaw Pact Treaty
concludedInContextOf	Cold War ⓘ
containsProvision	consultations on international issues affecting security ⓘ establishment of a unified command of armed forces ⓘ obligation of mutual assistance in case of armed attack in Europe ⓘ
created	Eastern Bloc military alliance ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1955-06-05 ⓘ
established	Warsaw Pact ⓘ
foundingMemberState	Albania ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Czechoslovakia ⓘ East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic Hungary ⓘ Poland ⓘ Romania ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
geopoliticalScope	Europe ⓘ
ideologicalContext	Soviet-led socialist bloc ⓘ
language	Polish ⓘ Russian ⓘ other official languages of member states ⓘ
legalBasisFor	stationing of Soviet troops in allied countries ⓘ
modeledAsCounterpartTo	North Atlantic Treaty ⓘ
opposedBloc	NATO ⓘ
partyWithdrawal	Albania effectively ceased participation in the Warsaw Pact in the 1960s ⓘ
primaryPurpose	collective defense ⓘ military cooperation among Eastern Bloc states ⓘ
providedFor	coordination of defense policy ⓘ joint command of armed forces ⓘ mutual military assistance in case of attack ⓘ
region	Eastern Bloc ⓘ
signedBy	Czechoslovakia ⓘ surface form: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic Hungary ⓘ surface form: Hungarian People's Republic People's Socialist Republic of Albania ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of Albania Bulgaria ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of Bulgaria Polish People’s Republic ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of Poland Romania ⓘ surface form: Socialist Republic of Romania Soviet Union ⓘ
signedIn	Poland ⓘ Warsaw ⓘ
signedOn	1955-05-14 ⓘ
significance	cornerstone of Eastern Bloc security architecture during the Cold War ⓘ
supersededBy	dissolution of the Warsaw Pact ⓘ
terminatedWith	end of the Warsaw Pact in 1991 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Układ Warszawski → officialName → Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance ⓘ

Warsaw Pact → officialName → Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance ⓘ