Moscow, August 31 - Arguments and Facts-Moscow. The Government of the Russian Federation approved the ratification of the second protocol between the Cabinet of Ministers and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the cabinet website reported.
The document provides amendments to the collective security agreement on the conditions for the presence of the organization's secretariat in the Russian Federation. In the future, the relevant bill draft will be submitted to the State Duma in the appropriate manner.
СAccording to the provisions of the protocol, the Secretary General of the organization, his deputies and their families will be granted privileges and immunity, which are supposed by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961 for a diplomatic agent.
The protocol also introduces the definition of the “deputy secretary general” term.
The CSTO includes the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia and the Republic of Tajikistan.
