MPs approved termination of Belarus-Ukraine agreement on joint border control

Senators approved the draft law On Termination of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of Ukraine on the Organisation of Joint Control at Checkpoints on the Belarusian-Ukrainian State Border during the 11th session of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly. The bill was prepared in connection with a significant violation by the Ukrainian side of the terms of the agreement signed in Kiev on December 14th, 1995.

“In accordance with Article 60 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties as of May 23rd, 1969, a significant violation of the international treaty by one of its parties entitles the other party to invoke this violation as a basis for terminating the treaty or suspending its validity,” Valery Gaidukevich, a member of the Standing Commission of the Council of the Republic for Foreign Affairs and National Security, explained. “Termination of international treaties of the Republic of Belarus is carried out in accordance with its Constitution, generally recognised principles of international law, the Vienna Convention, other international treaties of Belarus, the law On International Treaties of the Republic of Belarus as of July 23rd, 2008, and other legislative acts of the republic.”