Non-aggression pact
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:''See also: [[Non-aggression Pact (band)]]''
A '''non-aggression pact''' is an international [[treaty]] between two or more states, agreeing to avoid war or armed conflict between them and resolve their disputes through peaceful negotiations. Sometimes such a pact may include a pledge of avoiding armed conflict even if participants find themselves fighting third countries, including allies of one the participants.
It was a popular form of international agreement in the 1920s and 1930s, but has largely fallen out of use after the [[Second World War]]. The most famous is the 1939 [[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]] between the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Germany]], which lasted until the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union in [[Operation Barbarossa]].
Examples of such pacts in history:
* [[Peace of Callias]] c. 450 BC
* [[Treaty of London (1518)]]
* [[Soviet-Polish non-aggression pact]]
* [[German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact]]
* [[Soviet-French non-aggression pact]]
* [[Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact]] 1939
* [[Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact]]
During negotiations between the [[United States]] and [[North Korea]] in 2003, North Korea offered to eventually eliminate its nuclear weapons program if both sides signed a non-aggression treaty (along with multiple other conditions). As of this date, however, a nonaggression treaty between the two has yet to be formulated.
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==See also==
*[[U.S.-North Korea relations]]
[[Category:Treaties| ]]
[[Category:International law]]
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