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3. The Government of the Republic of Afghanistan and the Government

of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan took part in the negotiations with the expressed conviction that they were acting in accordance with their rights and

obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and agreed that the

political settlement should be based on the following principles of

international law:

l The principle that States shall refrain in their international relations

from the threat of use of force against the territorial integrity or political

independence of andy State, or in any other manner inconsistent with

the purposes of the United Nations;

l The principle that States shall settle their international disputes by

peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security

and justice are not endangered;

l The duty not to intervene in matters within the domestic jurisdiction of

any State, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;

l The duty of States to co-operate with one another in accordance with the

Charter of the United Nations;

l The principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples;

l The principle of sovereign equality of States;

l The principle that States shall fulfil in good faith the obligations assumed

by them in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. The two

Government further affirmed the right of the Afghan refugees to return

to their homeland in a voluntary and unimpeded manner.

4. The following instruments were concluded on this date as component

parts of the political settlement:

A Bilateral Agreement between the Republic of Afghanistan and the

Islamic Republic of Pakistan on the Principles of Mutual Relations, in

particular on Non-interference and Non-intervention;

A Declaration on International Guarantees by the Union of Soviet

Socialist Republics and the United States of America;

A Bilateral Agreement between the Republic of Afghanistan and the

Islamic Republic of Pakistan on the Voluntary Return of Refugees;

The present Agreement on the Interrelationships for the Settlement of

the Situation Relating to Afghanistan.

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