Peace treaty Paris Peace Accords which sought to end the Vietnam War. Peace treaty A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties. It is different from an armistice, which is an agreement to stop hostilities, or a surrender, in which an army agrees to give up arms, or a ceasefire or truce in which the parties may agree to temporarily or permanently stop fighting. A treaty's content usually depends on the nature of the conflict being concluded. In the case of large conflicts between
1972 in the Vietnam War terms of the draft peace agreement and accused the United States of negotiating in bad faith. In Washington, despite the opposition of South Vietnam to the draft peace agreement and the charges by North Vietnam that the U.S. was negotiating in bad faith, National Security Adviser Kissinger declared "peace was at hand" in Vietnam. President Nixon of the United States won reelection with 60.7 percent of the vote. In an attempt to overcome President Thieu's objection to the draft peace agreement, President Nixon wrote him that "You have my absolute assurance that if Hanoi fails to abide by the terms