Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Chile and Argentina
to power. Led by Prime Minister Edward Fenech Adami, this new gov-
ernment sought to alter the former government’s Marxist leanings and
increase cooperation with Western nations such as the United States.
In November of 1989, the original treaty of cooperation and friend-
ship expired. The two nations negotiated a new treaty that ended all
military cooperation but still allowed for economic ties.
Alliance Text
The Government of the Republic of Malta,
and
The Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- On the basis of their desire to preserve the bonds of
friendship and the strategical relationship which exists between
them, and their willingness for the consolidation and develop-
ment of the relation of co-operation on the basis of mutual
benefit and welfare of the Maltese people and the Libyan Arab
people, - Desirous of turning the Mediterranean into a lake of peace
and of cooperating to achieve this end, - Taking into consideration the decision of the People of the
Republic of Malta to shed forever the harmful and humiliating
role of a foreign military base and to become instead a bridge of
friendship between Europe and North Africa, - Resolve by this Treaty to strengthen mutual security,
friendship and cooperation between the two countries, in con-
formity with the principles of non-alignment and the Charter
of the United Nations and therefore agree as follows:
Article 1. The Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and
the Republic of Malta undertake not to participate in any Military
Alliance which may affect the security interests of the other side.
Article 2. Malta undertakes not to allow foreign military
bases to be established on its territory and undertakes not to
allow its territory to be used militarily against the security, terri-
torial integrity of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Article 3. The Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
undertakes to respect and support Malta’s neutrality and will
assist Malta whenever the Government of the Republic of Malta
explicitly requests so in case of threats or acts of aggression
against Malta’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Article 4. In view of the importance of Malta’s economic via-
bility it is agreed that economic cooperation will be prompted
in the fields of joint ventures, balanced commercial exchanges,
and the utilisation of Maltese labour. For this purpose, agree-
ments in the fields of defence, information and economy will
form an integral part of this Treaty.
Article 5. The two sides will work toward the development of
co-operation between them in the information and cultural
fields with the aim of achieving stronger bonds between the two
peoples.
Article 6. The two sides will hold consultations aiming at
harmonising their viewpoints on political, economic, security
and international issues which affect their interests whether
directly or indirectly, and will endeavour to support one
another’s viewpoints whenever this mutual support is required.
Article 7. The two sides will do their utmost to coordinate
their efforts in the preservation of international peace and secu-
rity, especially in the Mediterranean region, and emphasise their
faithful adherence to the principles and goals of the United
Nations and Non-Alignment.
Article 8. The two sides agree to set up a Mixed Commission
which shall meet at Ministerial level alternately in Valletta and
Tripoli, at least once every six months, to review progress in the
above fields of cooperation and to plan and see to the imple-
mentation of co-operation in new sectors.
Article 9. Any differences between the two sides which may
arise from the interpretation of these provisions will be settled
in a brotherly manner.
Article 10. The duration of this “Treaty” shall be five years
renewable automatically for further five-year periods so long as
none of the two sides express a desire in writing to adjust it or
abrogate it six months at least before its expiration date.
Article 11. This Treaty will come into force with immediate
effect on the date of the exchange of the instruments of ratifica-
tion but not later than January 1985.
Done in Valletta on the nineteenth day of November, One
Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty Four corresponding to the
25 Safar 1394 in two originals in the English and Arabic Lan-
guages both texts being equally authentic.
Colonel Muammar El Gaddafi
Leader of the First of September Revolution
For the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab JamahiriyaDom Mintoff
Prime Minister
For the Republic of Malta4.1433 Treaty of Peace and Friendship between
Chile and Argentina
Alliance Members:Chile and Argentina
Signed On:November 29, 1984, in Vatican City. In force as of date of
publication of this volume.
Alliance Type:Neutrality Pact (Type II)
Source:United Nations Treaty,no. 23392.SUMMARY
During the 1970s border disputes between Argentina and Chile became
increasingly tense, and in 1978 the two nations began negotiations and
appealed to Pope John Paul II to settle the boundary dispute.
The purpose of this agreement was to put an end to the six-year-old
border conflict in the Beagle Channel. The agreement stipulated that
Chile would have authority over the channel while Argentina would
have control over the banks and the areas in which the channel met
the sea.
The treaty resolved the Beagle dispute, but by 1990 a dispute was
intensifying over the Laguna del Desierto, or Desert Lake. The 1984