West German–Soviet Moscow Treaty

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The West German–Soviet Moscow Treaty was a 1970 Cold War agreement between West Germany and the Soviet Union that recognized post–World War II European borders and marked a key step in Ostpolitik and détente.

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West German–Soviet Moscow Treaty canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War agreement ⓘ
bilateral treaty ⓘ
aimedAt improving West German–Soviet relations ⓘ
reducing tensions in Europe ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Moscow Treaty of 1970 ⓘ
Treaty of Moscow ⓘ
category Treaties of West Germany ⓘ
Treaties of the Cold War ⓘ
Treaties of the Soviet Union ⓘ
countrySignatory Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: West Germany

Soviet Union ⓘ
dateSigned 1970-08-12 ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1972 ⓘ
historicalSignificance important step in East–West détente in Europe ⓘ
milestone in West German recognition of postwar borders ⓘ
influenced West German domestic debate on Ostpolitik ⓘ
keyFigure Aleksei Kosygin ⓘ
linked to: Alexei Kosygin

Andrei Gromyko ⓘ
Walter Scheel ⓘ
Willy Brandt ⓘ
language German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
ledByGovernmentOf Willy Brandt ⓘ
opposedBy CDU/CSU opposition in West Germany ⓘ
partOf Cold War détente ⓘ
linked to: Detente

Ostpolitik ⓘ
placeSigned Moscow ⓘ
policyAssociatedWith Neue Ostpolitik ⓘ
linked to: Ostpolitik
politicalContext Cold War ⓘ
preconditionFor normalization of FRG relations with Eastern Bloc states ⓘ
ratifiedBy Bundestag ⓘ
recognizes Oder–Neisse line de facto ⓘ
post–World War II European borders ⓘ
relatedAgreement Basic Treaty (1972) ⓘ
Four Power Agreement on Berlin ⓘ
Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ
requires nonviolability of existing borders ⓘ
renunciation of the use of force ⓘ
respect for territorial integrity ⓘ
signedBy Aleksei Kosygin ⓘ
linked to: Alexei Kosygin

Andrei Gromyko ⓘ
Walter Scheel ⓘ
Willy Brandt ⓘ
subjectMatter European security ⓘ
borders in Central and Eastern Europe ⓘ
renunciation of force in international relations ⓘ

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Treaty of Moscow (1970) → alsoKnownAs → West German–Soviet Moscow Treaty ⓘ