MINSK, February 25. /TASS/. The House of Representatives (the lower house) of the National Assembly of Belarus will consider ratifying the Russia-Belarus Union State security pact on February 26, the press service of the republic’s lower house reported on its Telegram channel.
"After a joint meeting of the chambers of [the Belarusian] parliament, the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus will hold its next meeting to consider ratifying the ‘Treaty between Belarus and Russia on Mutual Security Guarantees within the Union State,’" the press service specified.
On February 18, the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) ratified the agreement with Belarus on mutual security guarantees within the Union State. The document was signed in Minsk on December 6, 2024. Under the security pact, Russia and Belarus undertake to support each other by all methods and means agreed upon and permitted by international law and take appropriate actions in the political, military and other spheres in cases of threats to the security of either member and the Union State as a whole.
Under the treaty, Russia and Belarus will deem an armed attack on a member of the Union State as an act of aggression against the Union State as a whole and will take appropriate retaliatory measures using all forces and means at their disposal. In addition, the parties regard Russian nuclear weapons as an important factor of preventing the emergence of nuclear military conflicts or military conflicts with the use of conventional weapons, as well as a deterrent that can be used only as an extreme and last-resort measure.
Russian nuclear weapons can also be used in case of aggression against either party with the use of conventional weapons that creates a critical threat to its sovereignty or territorial integrity. A decision on using Russian nuclear weapons deployed on the territory of Belarus for the purpose of its protection shall be taken in a procedure established by the parties.