The agreement provides for common assistance between Belarus and Russia in the event of an attack on 1 of the countries or the full Union State.
"The implementation of commitments consists in collective countering unilateral restrictive measures of an economical and another nature, the usage by the parties of the possible of their relations with another countries and entities of global law to prevent attacks on security, to take measures in consequence not only to acts of aggression but besides to threats of committing them, and to supply the essential military, military, method and another assistance as shortly as possible," BelTA informs.
The agreement besides refers to the usage of atomic weapons
The Russian Parliament ratified the agreement with Belarus in late February. "In accordance with the Treaty, Russia and Belarus recognise the armed attack on the associate State of the Union as an act of aggression against the State of the Union as a full and take appropriate measures to retaliate, utilizing all the forces and capabilities available to them", states the Russian agency TASS.
‘In addition, the parties consider Russian atomic weapons to be an crucial origin in preventing atomic conflicts or conventional weapons conflicts, as well as a deterrent which can only be utilized as a final and final measure,’ the agreement establishes.
The agreement assumes that Russia's atomic weapons can be utilized in consequence to atomic weapons or another weapons of mass demolition against any organization to the agreement. "It can besides be utilized in the event of aggression against any organization utilizing conventional weapons that poses a critical threat to its sovereignty or territorial integrity", added the treaty cited by TASS.
