The Treaty of friendship and cooperation is still valid since Russia formally recognizes Ukraine's territorial integrity in the document.
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze has explained why the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation is still valid.
Answering the question on Ukrainian TV Channel 5 on whether Ukraine really needs to decide until autumn on the fate of the Treaty or not, since the agreement expires in November, Klympush-Tsintsadze said: "This is the resumption of the discussion; it has been going on for quite a long time since the beginning of the Russian aggression in Ukraine."
"We understand that we are now using the base that we can use in our lawsuits against the Russian Federation referring, in particular, not only to violations of international multilateral agreements on the part of the Russian Federation, but directly to the violation of the bilateral agreement – the so-called Big Treaty between Ukraine and Russia. The Treaty of friendship and cooperation is still valid since Russia recognizes our territorial integrity in it and Russia undertakes not to attack the Ukrainian state, and this is a direct violation, I mean the behavior of the Russian Federation during these four years."
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