AGREEMENT ABOUT PEACE MAKING ACTIVITY OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ORGANIZATION COMES INTO FORCE

ArmInfo
2009-01-19 17:49:00

ArmInfo. The Agreement about peace making activity of Collective
Security Treaty Organization [CSTO] has come into force, press
secretary of CSTO Vitaliy Strugovets told ArmInfo.

He also added the Agreement was signed by the heads of the CSTO
member-states on 6 October 2007 at the summit in Dushanbe. It was
ratified by Belarus, Kazakhstan and Armenia on 14 July, 18 November
and 29 December 2008 respectively. The forth state that implemented
the inner-state procedure necessary for the Agreement to come into
force, was Russia.

The Agreement says that participation of the CSTO in the
peace-making activity will become ‘an instrument for enhancing
its international positions, authority and political weight in the
world and regional affairs’. The Agreement envisages creation of the
permanent peace-keeping forces of the CSTO, which will be trained
according to the single programmes and take part in the regular joint
exercises. The CSTO peace-keeping forces will be able to take part in
the peace-making operations at the territory of the CSTO member-states
as well as in other regions by the decision of UN Security Council.