 The Iberian Pact declared mutual respect for borders and territories and declared that assistance would be denied to aggressors to the signatory nations.The pact did not call into question previous alliances, such as the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, and established that future pacts or alliance would safeguard Iberian interests and neutrality in the event of a general European war.The pact was originally planned to last ten years, but Article 5 provided for extensions for additional ten-year periods.