MINSK, 6 March (BelTA) - Belarus and Russia demonstrate a unified approach to the defense of the Union State, State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Dmitry Mezentsev said during a meeting in the High Technology Park (HTP) with the management of the Russian company Innopraktika, BelTA learned.
On 4 March, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed the law “On ratification of the treaty between the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation on security guarantees within the Union State.” A few days earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin also signed such a law.
“The treaty carries unique importance. It highlights defense of the Union State as a single entity. Any attack or threat of attack on the Republic of Belarus, as well as on the Russian Federation, is perceived as a single threat and is not divided between Moscow or Minsk,” Dmitry Mezentsev said.
He noted that the document carefully stipulates that not just an attack, but also the threat of attack, economic pressure will have an adequate, calibrated and proportionate response.
Dmitry Mezentsev noted the uniqueness of the document, which once again emphasizes the allied nature of relations not only at the moment, but also in the historical perspective.
As it was reported, the international treaty establishes mutual obligations to take measures in the event of threats to security of Belarus and Russia, and the Union State as a whole.
Fulfillment of obligations involves collective resistance to unilateral restrictive measures of an economic and other nature, the use by the parties of the potential of their relations with other states and other subjects of international law to prevent encroachments on security, the use of retaliatory measures not only against committed acts of aggression but also against threats of such acts, and the immediate provision of necessary military, military-technical, and other assistance.
The cooperation envisaged in the treaty is of an in-depth nature, which corresponds to the existing political and military challenges.
On 4 March, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed the law “On ratification of the treaty between the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation on security guarantees within the Union State.” A few days earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin also signed such a law.
“The treaty carries unique importance. It highlights defense of the Union State as a single entity. Any attack or threat of attack on the Republic of Belarus, as well as on the Russian Federation, is perceived as a single threat and is not divided between Moscow or Minsk,” Dmitry Mezentsev said.
He noted that the document carefully stipulates that not just an attack, but also the threat of attack, economic pressure will have an adequate, calibrated and proportionate response.
Dmitry Mezentsev noted the uniqueness of the document, which once again emphasizes the allied nature of relations not only at the moment, but also in the historical perspective.
As it was reported, the international treaty establishes mutual obligations to take measures in the event of threats to security of Belarus and Russia, and the Union State as a whole.
Fulfillment of obligations involves collective resistance to unilateral restrictive measures of an economic and other nature, the use by the parties of the potential of their relations with other states and other subjects of international law to prevent encroachments on security, the use of retaliatory measures not only against committed acts of aggression but also against threats of such acts, and the immediate provision of necessary military, military-technical, and other assistance.
The cooperation envisaged in the treaty is of an in-depth nature, which corresponds to the existing political and military challenges.
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