MINSK, 26 February (BelTA) – The House of Representatives of the National Assembly passed the bill to ratify the treaty on security guarantees within the Union State between Russia and Belarus at a sitting of the second session on 26 February, BelTA learned.
The treaty on security guarantees within the Union State between Russia and Belarus was signed by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of the meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State in Minsk on 6 December 2024. It is aimed at strengthening the security of Belarus and Russia within the common defense space of the Union State and formalizing mutual guarantees in case of encroachments on the security of either party and the Union State as a whole.
The treaty stipulates that the development of Belarusian-Russian bilateral relations in security is not directed against other states and will be carried out in accordance with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and other universally recognized principles and norms of international law.
According to the treaty, the parties undertake to support each other by all methods and means agreed upon and permissible under international law and to take appropriate actions in the political, military and other avenues in cases of encroachments on the security of any of the parties and the Union State as a whole. Such encroachments are understood to mean the purposeful creation or implementation of a threat to the sovereignty, independence and/or constitutional order of the parties, the integrity and inviolability of the territory and external border of the Union State by third states and their associations, international organizations, terrorist and extremist organizations and groups.
Article 6 of the treaty regulates the use of nuclear weapons of the Russian Federation, including those deployed in the territory of the Republic of Belarus. The parties regard nuclear weapons as an important factor in preventing the outbreak of nuclear military conflicts and military conflicts with the use of conventional means of destruction and also as a means of deterrence, the use of which is an extreme and forced measure.
The treaty also stipulates the possibility to jointly counteract illegitimate sanctions. "In case of introduction of unilateral restrictive economic and other measures against any of the parties by third states and their associations, international organizations, any party may initiate consideration of collective counteraction to these restrictive measures, including on the basis of mutual support within the state economic policy and through the adoption of necessary measures by the bodies of the Union State, taking into account the national interests of each of the parties," the document notes.
The parties' cooperation to implement the treaty may be governed by separate agreements. The parties agreed that they would appoint special representatives who would meet at least twice a year to review the operation of the treaty and to propose, if necessary, measures to improve it to the heads of state.
The treaty has been concluded for a period of 10 years, with automatic renewal for successive 10-year periods.
The treaty on security guarantees within the Union State between Russia and Belarus was signed by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of the meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State in Minsk on 6 December 2024. It is aimed at strengthening the security of Belarus and Russia within the common defense space of the Union State and formalizing mutual guarantees in case of encroachments on the security of either party and the Union State as a whole.
The treaty stipulates that the development of Belarusian-Russian bilateral relations in security is not directed against other states and will be carried out in accordance with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and other universally recognized principles and norms of international law.
According to the treaty, the parties undertake to support each other by all methods and means agreed upon and permissible under international law and to take appropriate actions in the political, military and other avenues in cases of encroachments on the security of any of the parties and the Union State as a whole. Such encroachments are understood to mean the purposeful creation or implementation of a threat to the sovereignty, independence and/or constitutional order of the parties, the integrity and inviolability of the territory and external border of the Union State by third states and their associations, international organizations, terrorist and extremist organizations and groups.
Article 6 of the treaty regulates the use of nuclear weapons of the Russian Federation, including those deployed in the territory of the Republic of Belarus. The parties regard nuclear weapons as an important factor in preventing the outbreak of nuclear military conflicts and military conflicts with the use of conventional means of destruction and also as a means of deterrence, the use of which is an extreme and forced measure.
The treaty also stipulates the possibility to jointly counteract illegitimate sanctions. "In case of introduction of unilateral restrictive economic and other measures against any of the parties by third states and their associations, international organizations, any party may initiate consideration of collective counteraction to these restrictive measures, including on the basis of mutual support within the state economic policy and through the adoption of necessary measures by the bodies of the Union State, taking into account the national interests of each of the parties," the document notes.
The parties' cooperation to implement the treaty may be governed by separate agreements. The parties agreed that they would appoint special representatives who would meet at least twice a year to review the operation of the treaty and to propose, if necessary, measures to improve it to the heads of state.
The treaty has been concluded for a period of 10 years, with automatic renewal for successive 10-year periods.
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