The Warsaw Treaty

The Warsaw Treaty of 1955 was signed by the GDR, Bulgaria, Albania, Hungary, the USSR, Romania, Poland, Czechoslovakia on cooperation, mutual assistance and friendship.

The need for his imprisonment was caused by a threat to the peace created in Europe by the decisions of the Paris Agreements. They envisaged the formation of the Western European Union, the incorporation into NATO and the remilitarization (restoration of weapons) of West Germany.

The Warsaw Pact was purely defensive. The purpose of its signing was the adoption of certain measures to ensure the security of participating countries and to maintain peace in Europe.

The Warsaw Treaty includes 11 articles and a preamble. On the basis of its terms and the UN Charter, its participants assumed obligations to abstain from the threat or use of force in their relations with other states. In addition, mutual assistance was provided for the countries to which the attack would have been committed. The Warsaw Treaty obliged States to provide full immediate support by all means necessary, including weapons.

Mutual consultations of the signatory states on important international issues were also envisaged, with regard to the common interests of countries. In order to conduct these consultations, the PAC (Political Consultative Committee) was established.

The establishment of the Warsaw Treaty Organization obliged the signatory countries to act in a spirit of cooperation and friendship. Thus, it was intended to ensure further strengthening and development of cultural and economic relations between the participating states. At the same time, the necessary condition was adherence to the principles of non-interference in the affairs of other states, mutual respect for sovereignty and independence.

The contract is valid for twenty years. An automatic extension of ten years is provided for states that will not submit a year before the deadline for the expiry of the declaration to the Government of Poland on denunciation (termination). Any country could sign the Warsaw Treaty, regardless of its state and social system. It was assumed that in the event of the creation of a common security system in Europe and the conclusion of a pan-European agreement, the Polish agreement would lose its force.

The Joint Armed Forces Command was created to provide the most effective defense against a possible attack. Collective command and headquarters should facilitate the interaction of the armed forces and strengthen the defense capability of the states parties to the agreement in Warsaw. To this end, joint military and command and staff maneuvers and exercises were conducted in all the countries that signed the agreement.

However, the main position of the states parties to the Polish treaty is aimed at developing peaceful relations in Europe and strengthening security.

At a meeting in Moscow in 1960, a Declaration was approved approving the decision of the government of the Soviet Union to refuse unilaterally from nuclear tests. At the same time, all the conditions for the non-renewal of nuclear explosions by the Western powers had to be met. At the same time, the allied states of the USSR called for the creation of favorable conditions conducive to the completion of an agreement on the cessation of any nuclear tests.

The proposals put forward by the member countries of the agreement and their activities, being in the center of attention of the powers of Europe, testified to real peace and the desire to maintain security and peace in Europe.