The agreement concerns questions related to the crossing of borders by the personnel of the national contingents delegated to the collective rapid deployment force, the movement of armaments and military hardware and medical aid.

Under the document, decisions on prompt deployment are made by the Collective Security Council at the request of one or several CSTO member-states on the basis of proposals from the Defense Ministers’ Council.

The CSTO collective rapid deployment force’s task is participation in joint field and counter-terrorist special operations and also in rebuffing acts of aggression against countries in the Central Asian region.

The organization unites Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Kazakhstan and Belarus have already ratified the agreement on the CRDF’s prompt deployment.