"The State Treaty is an element of the international law fundamentals for post-war development in Europe. It preserves topicality also in our days. Austria's important and required role in the European and international affairs confirms the significance of the State Treaty for the development of Europe," Yakovenko said.
"Russia views the State Treaty as having permanent importance because it has laid a strong foundation for interaction between Moscow and Vienna," he stressed.
Yakovenko recalled that there is a pretext for adapting the treaty to the contemporary realities. "In 1990, at the request of the Austrian side and upon agreement between the four signatory states, the military clauses of the State Treaty were declared as having no practical significance," Alexander Yakovenko said.
"But, as a whole, the State Treaty, excluding those exceptions, remains indubitably in force and no participant puts it to doubt," said the foreign ministry spokesman.
According to Yakovenko, Moscow has positively assessed the intention of the Austrian leadership to mark on May 15 the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the document as a landmark in the post-war history of Austria and Europe in general.
The Allied forces remained in the territory of Austria for ten years. The State Treaty, restoring the Austrian sovereignty, was signed in Vienna on May 15, 1955 between Austria and the three Allied states - the United States, the United Kingdom and the United States. The document came into force on July 27, 1955, after which the pullout of the Allied forces from Austria began.
