nonaggression treaty/pact

noun

: a formal agreement between countries to not attack each other

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Communists were also the most vigorous foes of fascism—except for twenty-two notorious months beginning in late August 1939, when the USSR signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany. — Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025

In 1939, Moscow had signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany. — Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025

That was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939, in which Soviet Russia signed a nonaggression pact with Germany, agreeing that the two rival powers would divide up control of Eastern Europe. — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025

Bayrou's selection aligns with efforts to establish a nonaggression pact with the socialists, aiming to secure their commitment to abstain from voting against the government in future confidence motions. — Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024

Hundreds of Lithuanians thundered the patriotic anthem of national independence, which had been banned by the 1940 nonaggression pact between Hitler and Stalin, a deal that, in effect, condoned the Soviet seizure of Lithuania. — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024

Along the way, Berlin and Moscow sealed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a nonaggression treaty that included protocols on trade and the division of Eastern Europe. — Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2024

In August 1939, the Germans and Russians signed an agreement that included a nonaggression pact whereby Germany and the Soviets promised not to attack one another for 10 years. — Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2024