This peace treaty was called a state treaty because Austria had temporarily ceased to exist in 1938.
The first state treaty was the one that went into effect on Sunday, merging the economies of the two Germanys.
The Kohl administration wants those issues resolved by the date the state treaty takes effect, officials said today in Bonn.
The obligatory state treaty with Prussia was concluded on 17 July 1870.
Several of the main features of the state treaty have been known for some time.
Its main aims were to press for a new constitution based on a formal state treaty and to slow the moves towards a market economy.
Formal negotiations on this issue and on a state treaty between the two countries were accordingly begun on April 25.
The offer was made in a draft of a state treaty on the monetary, economic and social union that will be the main subject of the negotiations.
Those issues are to be resolved in separate agreements, which are expected to be concluded by the time that the state treaty takes effect.
Initial Soviet reaction to the state treaty was mildly critical.