Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance (1948)

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The Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance (1948) was a post–World War II treaty that bound Finland to maintain neutrality while coordinating closely with the Soviet Union on security matters, shaping Finnish foreign policy throughout the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
defense pact ⓘ
post–World War II international agreement ⓘ
aimedAt preventing Finland from joining Western military alliances ⓘ
regulating security relations between Finland and the Soviet Union ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Finno-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance ⓘ
YYA Treaty ⓘ
category 1948 in international relations ⓘ
Cold War treaties ⓘ
Treaties of Finland ⓘ
Treaties of the Soviet Union ⓘ
concludedIn 1948 ⓘ
countryInvolved Finland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
dateSigned 1948 ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1948 ⓘ
governedBy international law ⓘ
hadDuration fixed term with renewals ⓘ
historicalContext early Cold War security arrangements ⓘ
post–World War II settlement in Northern Europe ⓘ
influenced concept of Finlandization ⓘ
inForceDuring Cold War ⓘ
inForceUntil 1992 ⓘ
language Finnish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
legalStatus abrogated ⓘ
obligation Finland to request Soviet assistance if necessary in case of such attack ⓘ
Finland to resist armed attack by Germany or its allies ⓘ
Soviet Union to assist Finland if Finland was attacked by Germany or its allies ⓘ
placeSigned Moscow ⓘ
policyEffect anchored Finland’s policy of neutrality during the Cold War ⓘ
limited Finland’s freedom to join Western defense structures such as NATO ⓘ
strengthened Soviet influence over Finnish foreign policy ⓘ
providedFor consultations between Finland and the Soviet Union on security matters ⓘ
region Northern Europe ⓘ
relatedConcept Finlandization ⓘ
renewed 1955 ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
replacedBy 1992 Finnish–Russian Treaty on the Foundations of Relations ⓘ
restricted Finland’s ability to allow foreign military bases on its territory ⓘ
signatory Republic of Finland ⓘ
linked to: Finland

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union
signedBy Finland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
subject Finnish neutrality ⓘ
friendship between Finland and the Soviet Union ⓘ
military cooperation ⓘ
mutual assistance in case of attack ⓘ
terminatedBy Treaty between the Republic of Finland and the Russian Federation on the Foundations of Relations (1992) ⓘ

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Soviet–Finnish relations → hasKeyEvent → Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance (1948) ⓘ
Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948 → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance ⓘ
linked to: Agreement of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance (1948)