Treaties sometimes include provisions for self-termination, meaning that the treaty is automatically terminated if certain defined conditions are met. Some treaties are intended by the parties to be only <answer>temporarily binding</answer> and are set to expire on a given date. Other treaties may self-terminate if the treaty is meant to exist only under certain conditions.[citation needed]
What may we assume the parties to a treaty intended the treaty's obligations to be if the treaty included an expiration date?
temporarily binding