On Ratification of the Protocol on Amendments to the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation dated May 25, 1992

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To ratify Protocol on Amendments to the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation dated May 25, 1992, signed in Astana on June 7, 2012.

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. NAZARBAYEV

PROTOCOL on Amendments to the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation dated May 25, 1992

(Entered into force on September 12, 2013 - Bulletin of International Treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2013, No. 5, Article 53)

The Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Parties", taking into account the objective realities of our time, new challenges and threats to regional and global security, as well as the formation of regional integration associations, wishing to improve the contractual and legal framework of bilateral cooperation, striving to further deepen strategic partnership and allied relations across the entire spectrum of bilateral cooperation, reaffirming the basic principles of Principles Friendship agreements, cooperation and mutual assistance between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation, signed on May 25, 1992 in Moscow (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement), acting in accordance with Article 37 of the Agreement, agreed as follows:

Article 1

To make the following changes and additions to the Agreement: 1) in the preamble: in the fourth paragraph: Replace the words "Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe" with the words "Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)"; after the fourth paragraph, add the following paragraph: "Expressing its determination to promote the idea of forming a free, democratic, common and indivisible Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security community based on agreed principles, common commitments and common goals, including the absence of any dividing lines,"; The fifth paragraph is considered the sixth paragraph and should be worded as follows: "Considering the joint agreements within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Eurasian Economic Community, the Customs Union, the Single Economic Space, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia,"; 2) add the following paragraph to Article 5: "The parties are taking joint measures aimed at forming an effective system for ensuring collective security and responding to crisis situations within the framework of the CSTO."; 3) the first paragraph of Article 7 should be worded as follows: "The High Contracting Parties pursue a coordinated military-technical policy, including financing coordinated military programs, actively cooperate in the modernization and reform of their armed forces, equipping them with modern weapons and military equipment, increasing their combat readiness, as well as in other areas of mutual interest in this field."; 4) Article 8 should be worded as follows: "Article 8

The High Contracting Parties will cooperate in the strict implementation of international treaties in the field of non-proliferation of all types of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery."; 5) in Article 12: in the first paragraph, replace the words "CSCE commitments" with the words "OSCE commitments"; the second paragraph should read as follows: "The Parties shall ensure the protection of the rights of their citizens residing in the territory of the other High Contracting Party."; 6) Article 13 should be worded as follows: "Article 13

The High Contracting Parties, adhering to the principle of open borders between them, recognize the need to develop and implement an agreed set of measures to regulate migration processes, including mutual provision of free movement of citizens of both States and a common regime for entry of citizens of the Parties to third countries and exit from such countries."; 7) paragraphs two and three of Article 16 delete 8) add article 17.1 as follows: "Article 17.1

The High Contracting Parties shall promote the further development of economic integration on the basis of agreed agreements on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union."; 9) Article 34 should be worded as follows: "Article 34

The High Contracting Parties will expand and deepen cooperation in combating organized crime, including international crime, terrorism and other manifestations of extremism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, piracy, drug addiction, as well as illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, weapons, smuggling and illegal export of cultural property, acts directed against safety of maritime navigation and civil aviation, illegal migration, This includes illegal movement of individuals through its territory, human trafficking, as well as in the field of information security. The Parties coordinate and combine their efforts aimed at improving the effectiveness of mechanisms for countering and neutralizing the threats of these acts, acts and phenomena."; 10) the second paragraph of article 40 should be worded as follows: "Its validity will be automatically extended for the next ten-year periods, unless either Party declares by written notification its desire to denounce it no later than six months before the expiration of the current ten-year period."

Article 2

This Protocol is an integral part of the Treaty and is subject to ratification. This Protocol shall enter into force on the date of the exchange of instruments of ratification. This Protocol shall terminate simultaneously with the termination of the Agreement.

Done in Astana on June 7, 2012, in two copies, each in the Kazakh and Russian languages, all texts being equally authentic.

For the Republic of Kazakhstan

For the Russian Federation

President

Republic of Kazakhstan

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