[centre] [img=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Principality_of_Romania_-_1872_CoA.svg/565px-Principality_of_Romania_-_1872_CoA.svg.png] [/centre] [centre] Principatele Unite [/centre] [centre] Treaty of Bucharest [/centre] The following treaty is in accordance with the agreements between the United Principalities (to be referred to as Romania) and the Ottoman Empire in the year 1863 after negotiations took place in Bucharest between delegates of both nations. This treaty shall remain in effect until the signatories see it fit to end or renegotiate the terms. Annulment of this treaty must be declared 24 months prior to the date of termination. Article I: It is hereby declared that Romania and the Ottoman Empire enter an alliance and shall aid each other should war be declared upon either of them, or should either declare war on any other nation. Article II: It is hereby declared that trade from both the Ottoman Empire and Romania shall pass freely, without hindrance or extra cost through both nations. Article III: It is hereby declared that Ottoman military units and Romanian military units are permitted to pass freely through the territories and waters of both nations, during times of war and peace. Article IV: Romania and the Ottoman Empire hereby pledge to aid each other militarily in all ways possible, in order to ensure that both nations benefit from the progress and advanced military technology, training techniques and schooling of the other. Article V: It is hereby declared that Ottoman and Romanian experts, in all fields, shall be exchanged in order to benefit from progress made by the other and to maintain the strong historical ties between us. This is all as has been agreed, and all signatories are held firmly to their word, [X] Sultan Abdulaziz I, the Ottoman Empire [X]Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the United Principalities