Monday, July 8 2019 13:38

ArmInfo. Non-members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and international organizations have been offered to grant observer status to the CSTO  or partner organization. The corresponding package of bills  introduced to the State Duma by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The first draft is proposed to ratify the Second Protocol on  Amendments to the Agreement on the Legal Status of the CSTO. The  document, in particular, introduces the posts of the Permanent and  Plenipotentiary Representative to the CSTO (instead of the  plenipotentiary representative), the Deputy Secretary General of the  organization.

The protocol also establishes privileges and immunities not only to  the CSTO Secretary General and his family members, but also to his  deputies and their family members to the extent stipulated by the  Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961, if they  are not citizens of the receiving state.

The second draft provides for the ratification of the Third Protocol  on Amendments to the CSTO Charter. It is planned to provide  non-member states and international organizations with observer  status at the CSTO if they are interested in studying the open  regulatory framework, experience and practices of the organization.

But the states and organizations sharing the goals and principles of  the CSTO can be granted the status of a partner of the organization.  The procedure for obtaining and terminating observer and partner  statuses will be approved by the CSTO Collective Security Council.

The third bill ratifies the Second Protocol on amending the CSTO  Charter, which takes into account the constitutional reform carried  out in Armenia. The Charter stipulates that not only the heads of  member states of the organization, but also the heads of government  of the CSTO member states can take part in the work of the CSTO  Collective Security Council, if they have the necessary powers in  accordance with national laws. The documents were signed in Astana on  November 8, 2018, the Parliamentary newspaper reports.