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    The Moscow Times, Russia
    Feb 16 2009


    Duma Ratifies Pact to Defend Neighbors

    The State Duma ratified on Friday an accord that would oblige Russia
    to provide troops and technical assistance to former Soviet states
    belonging to the Collective Security Treaty Organization that face
    outside aggression.

    The document, which had been pending in the Duma since 2007, says the
    security council of the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty
    Organization would have to decide whether to provide military support
    to a country that applies for assistance.

    The CSTO, founded in 2002, comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
    Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

    Meanwhile, CSTO members are working on a plan to build joint military
    ventures. Russia and Armenia held talks Friday on a collective air
    defense system similar to one that Russia agreed to set up with
    Belarus earlier this month.
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