RF President stressed the importance of legalizing CSTO RRFs' activities

PanARMENIAN.Net - The idea of creating CSTO Rapid Reaction Forces (RRF) is a key issue, therefore, it is necessary to legalize the initiative. RF President Dmitry Medvedev said during a meeting with CSTO Secretary General Nickolay Borduzha.



"Certain time has passed since CSTO held its extraordinary session in which parties adopted decision on creating rapid reaction forces. As we see today, the idea is of key importance in modern world in view of continuing threats, such as terrorism, drug trafficking etc.," Dmitry Medvedev emphasized.



RF President stressed the importance of preparing documents for legalizing RRF activities. Nickolay Borduzha told President Medvedev that the document package was prepared prior to the regular CSTO Summit due on June 14. The package includes agreement on creating rapid reaction forces, appendixes, rules of conduct and documents determining the structure of RRF military formations ,as well as a register of forces.



As noted by Mr. Borduzha, significant work has been carried out since the CSTO extraordinary session. 'All the documents are agreed upon and prepared on a high level,' CSTO Secretary General said. «We studied the international experience of forming rapid reaction forces and conducted over 30 sessions with the participation of experts, including high level professionals,» Vesti.ru reports.



CSTO member states are Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The agreement on forming rapid reaction forces was signed in Moscow on February 4, 2009.