Majilis ratifies 4th protocol changing CSTO Charter

The Majilis of the Kazakh parliament ratified the fourth protocol on introduction of changes to the CSTO Charter, expanding cooperation in biological safety, Kazinform News Agency correspondent reports. 

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The draft law providing for ratification of the fourth protocol introducing changes to the CSTO Charter of October 7, 2002, was submitted for consideration. The document was signed by the Heads of the CSTO member states on August 26, 2022, on the individual basis. The adoption of the draft law aims at introducing provisions regarding the cooperation of the member states on biological safety and early resignation of the Secretary-General according to the decision of the Collective Security Council, said first deputy minister of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan Kairat Omarov during the Majilis meeting.

According to him, the changes to the fourth protocol aim at simplifying the activity of the CSTO activity on biological safety.

Any pandemic, infection emerging in the CSTO territory needs to be studied and examined so as to define what vaccines and pharmaceuticals to use. To simplify and coordinate it, the fourth protocol if adopted, said Omarov.

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