STATE DUMA RATIFIES PROTOCOL ON RENDERING OF MILITARY-TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO CSTO MEMBER-STATES IN CASE OF AGGRESSION

ArmInfo
2009-02-13 13:29:00

ArmInfo-RBC. The State Duma has ratified a protocol on the mechanism
of a military-technical assistance to CSTO member-states in case
of aggression.

The protocol has been signed on October 6, 2007 in Dushanbe. The goal
of the document is tightening of a mutual assistance in the form of
delivery of military products to CSTO member-states for maintenance
of combat readiness and battle efficiency in case of aggression,
large-scale acts of international terrorism or other threats of
sovereignty and territorial integrity. The document determines the
order and conditions of rendering of a military-technical assistance
(on a free or preferential basis) under the timely revealed:
preparation for the aggression; planning of large-scale acts of
international terrorism and opportunities of revealing other external
security hazards, threats of sovereignty and territorial integrity of
one or several parties or during execution of aggression, large-scale
acts or display of other external security hazards.