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The Military Doctrine of the Republic of Belarus

    The military doctrine of the Republic of Belarus (further - the military doctrine) represents a set of official basic views principles explaining how to ensure military security of the state by means of use of political and military measures. It specifies the basic directions of the state military policy at present stage as well as determines its attitude towards military conflicts and their prevention, military construction, use of military force in order to defend the state critical interests.
    The prior aims of the Republic of Belarus are to protect the state sovereignity and political independence, to ensure territorial integrity and inviolability of the state borders.
    The fundamentals of the military doctrine are based on the systematic analysis of political and military situation and prognosis of its development taking into account the requirements and real possibilities of the state to ensure military security of the Republic of Belarus as well as taking into consideration the experience of military construction and organization of armed protection of the state.
    Proclaiming the military doctrine which carries exclusively defensive character. The Republic of Belarus regards that nowadays none of the states is its potential enemy. The Republic of Belarus considers its security to be the state of protection of national interests in possible transformation of military danger into military threat to the state.
    The legal basis of the military doctrine is composed of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the international treaties in the field of military security and other legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus.

Chapter 1
POLITICAL AND MILITARY BASES OF MILITARY SECURITY

    Implementation of military policy in the Republic of Belarus
    1. The basic aims of military policy of the Republic of Belarus are to maintain international peace and security, to prevent threat of war and to ensure the guarantee of national security of the Republic of Belarus in case of possible military threats.
    2. The Republic of Belarus builds its relations with other states on the basis of principles of equality, mutual respect and non-interference into internal affairs of other states, other principles of international law and also norms of international law.
     While implementing the independent military policy according to its national interests, the Republic of Belarus respects principles of inviolability of state borders of the Republic of Belarus, does not put forward any territorial claims to other states; respects political independence and state sovereignty of other countries and recognizes their right to solve the issues concerning national security according to their interests without detriment to the security of other states;
     It advocates solution of all the contradictions between the states only by means of negotiations on a mutually acceptable basis; encourages the balanced reduction of arms on the European continent within the framework of the commitments, determined by international agreements and acs; excludes unilateral reduction of arms which may cause detriment to military security of the state. Such reduction might be done only in the case when all the economic potential and objective expediency issues are taken into consideration and if they may ensure a necessary level of defensive capability of the Republic of Belarus.
    3. The Republic of Belarus initiates creation of the system of the European security, which will encourage activation of activity of the international security establishments at the global and regional levels taking into consideration the interests of all the states concerned on the basis of principals of trust and mutual understanding. The Republic of Belarus considers its participation in the Agreement on collective security (May 15, 1992) (further the Agreement on collective security ) and creation of the effective mechanism ensuring security within the framework of the agreement on foundation of the Union State (December 8, 1999) (further- Agreement on the Union State) as real steps in this directions.
Military-political situation
    4. Military-political situation is the whole complex of the factors and conditions under which subjects of the international law and their military organizations carry out their mutual relations; specific distribution of political and military forces; character of their actions and interrelations in a real time scale.
Military-political situation is determined now by the following factors:
     - lack of effective mechanisms preventing military threat and protecting interests of all the subjects of the international relations on the European continent
     - struggle of the industrially developed states for markets and attempt to separate transnational corporations to control the supply of raw materials only in their own interests
     - striking of the regional centres to provide political leadership in formation of mechanisms ensuring security without taking into account the interests of all subjects of the international relations
     - possibility of proliferation of nuclear and other types of mass destruction weapon
     - introduction of new military technologies, their tests are conducted in the course of local wars and other armed conflicts
     - aggravation of information confrontation
     - strengthening of ethnic and national extremism activation of the aggressive separatism
    5. Military-political situation is greatly influenced by:
     - political and economic blocking of interests of the separate states, attempts of interference into internal affairs
     - conduct of actions by some states or military blocks which roughly violates the standard principles and international regulations
     - use of some international subjects of mass media and technologies in the aggressive purposes without taking into consideration the interests of all European states in the sphere of security
     Basic threats to military security
    6. Military security of the state (the major component of national security) - an ability of the state to implement the whole complex of the available forces, means resources in order to prevent, localize and organize the armed protection of its interests.
     Safeguarding of military security of the Republic of Belarus is the prior part of the state policy directed to prevention and neutralization of military threats in modern environment.
     All available means, forces and resources provide the military security of the Republic of Belarus. The Republic of Belarus has a definite economic and military potential as well as efficiently functioning the state military organization against any military threat whence it proceeded.
    7. The main external threats to military security are:
     - Availability of significant arsenals of nuclear and other types of mass destruction weapons in some states
     - Already existing and potential seats of local wars and other armed conflicts
     - Interference into internal affairs of the Republic of Belarus, attempts to restrain its interests while solving the issues of international security
     - Expansion of military blocks and alliances which bring detriment to military security of the Republic of Belarus and counteraction concerning the formation of system of collective security with the participation of the Republic of Belarus
     - Creation(build-up) of military potential of highly offensive in its origin by some states(or groups of states) which may hamper the balance of forces.
     - Information (inf.- psychological) influence which is directed against the interests of the Republic of Belarus and its allies
     - Discrimination of the rights and legal interests of the citizens of the Republic of Belarus who live in the foreign countries
     Activation of international terrorism and transnational criminality, growth of the illegal supply of arms and ammunition, drugs, psychochemical agents as well as illegal migration of the population
    8. The primary internal threats to the military security are: the possible foundation of extremist organizations which may launch the provocative activities in order to destabilize the internal political situation in the state and strive to overthrow the constitutional system by force.
     Organized criminality and other illegal activities within the scope of small arms threatens the state security.
Illegal supply and distribution throughout the territory of Belarus of small arms, ammunition, drugs, phychochemicals which might be used to carry out the acts of terrorism as well as other illegal activities.
     Basic factors ensuring the military security
    9. The Republic of Belarus condemns wars as means of implementation of policy of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, other troops and military formations organized according to the legislation of the Republic of Belarus (further - the Armed Forces, other troops and military formations) while solving any contradictions.
     The Republic of Belerus will consider its enemy that state, the policy of which represents military danger to the Republic of Belarus, leads to interference into its internal affairs, infringement on its sovereignty.
     The Republic of Belarus considers that it is possible to use military force and participate in military conflict (war) only with the mission assigned to repel an attack (an act of armed aggression) (further - attack) and protect its territorial integrity. The Republic of Belarus has the right to appeal to the states - members of the Collective security treaty and other friendly nations in order to get their assistance (a military one inclusive).
    10. In order to ensure military security the Republic of Belarus:
     - Improves the legislation in the field of construction and use of the Armed Forces, other troops and military formations as well as the system of the civil control over their activities
     - Gives priority to formation of the united defense area with the Russian Federation, contributes to development of the joint military infrastructure, undertakes other measures in order to maintain defensive capability of the Union State within the framework of the agreement on foundation of the union state;
     - Takes an active part in strengthening of the system of collective security within the framework of the Collective security Treaty and increase of the effectiveness of other international organizations' activities ensuring security in Europe
     - Contributes to development of confidence measures in the military sphere being based on the principles of openness of political and military activities between all the states, including the mutual information exchange concerning implementation of the military doctrine and plans of military construction
    11. Principles of safeguarding of military security are:
     - Timely and rapid definition and classification of real military threat
     - Availability of a military potential, the usage of which will provide the guaranteed armed protection of the state
     - Conformity of the readiness level of the state military organization with the needs of military security
     - Objective sufficiency and means of forces being necessary to ensure military security and neutralization of military threats
     - Combination of the centralized command of state military organization together with the civil control of its activities
    12. The military security of the state should be provided both in peacetime and in the case of aggravation of military political situation. For this purpose the Republic of Belarus plans and carries out a complex of measures aimed at strengthening and effective functioning of the mechanism of armed protection of the state. Such measures are:
     in peacetime:
     - Implementation of peace-loving foreign-policy course, putting forward of the initiatives aimed at the foundation of effective systems ensuring the international security throughout the European continent taking into consideration the interests of all the subjects of international relations:
     - Maintenance of international political stability, protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state
     - Foundation and development the state defense system within the framework of the joint defense area with the Russian Federation inclusive
     - Organization of planned preparation of the state and its economy for functioning under wartime conditions
     - Safeguarding of defense and protection of the state border of the Republic of Belarus
     - Operational organization of ground development of the military infrastructure in the interests of military security of the state
     - Estimate and determination of the optimum strength of the Armed Forces, supply of armament and materiel to units and formation in peacetime, foundation of basis for their mobilization deployment in case of martial law throughout the Republic of Belarus
     - Development of the whole complex of measures ensuring the mobilization
     - Implementation of the common state policy in the sphere of security, bringing up of the conscious attitude on behalf of the citizens as for defense of the state
     - On the eve of (during the so-called threatened period) or after the beginning of the armed conflict(war)
     - Use of the possibilities of UN, OSCE and other international organizations to ensure security to prevent an attack and restore peace
     - Organization of political(diplomatic), informational and economic confrontation
     - Timely putting of martial law in force throughout the territory of the Republic of Belarus, declaration of war
     - Strategic employment of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus(further the Armed Forces) complete or partial, the troops are brought into readiness to fulfill the operational missions assigned
     - Fulfillment of the earlier accepted decisions concerning the preparation and use of the Armed Forces, other troops and military formations to repulse an attack
     - Transition of the national economy and republican governmental bodies, other state establishments from peacetime to wartime operating mode, carrying out of measures of territorial defense
     Military Organization of the State
    13. The military policy of the Republic of Belarus is carried out by efficiently functioning military organization of the state, which constitutes the basis of a war potential of the country.
     Military organization of the state- is a complex of the Armed Forces, other troops and military formations; state, military and political bodies of management, bodies of military command, other organizations, the basic activities of which are directed in peacetime at the solution of missions concerning military security of the state (prevention of a military threat. In case of war- it has to ensure the armed defense of the state, to repel an attack, to destroy the enemy and fulfill the political objectives in war. The military organization of the state also includes the defense sector of the economy of the Republic of Belarus, which is engaged in research activities or in production of armaments.
    14. The primary directions of the development of the military organization are:
     - Effective operation of the state and military control system in various military-political environment;
     - Organizational structure, strength of means and forces should correspond to the economic capabilities of the state and the missions concerning the military security' safeguard
     - Development of military-economic support system of operation of the state military organization' components both in peace time and war-time
     - Improvement of quality of the Armed Forces' operational and combat training, other troops and military formations, military education, training of personnel and reservists, all types of supply of forces
     - Development of the Armed Forces' recruiting system, strengthening of law, and order, military discipline among the servicemen
     - Increase of efficiency of the system of operation, repair and maintenance of armament and materiel;
     - Development and improvement of the information support system of the state military organization' activities and military confirmation of the decisions which were taken in the sphere of the state military security.

Chapter 2
MILITARY-STRATEGIC FUNDAMENTALS OF MILITARY SECURITY

    The character of modern military conflicts.
     - Modern military conflicts are classified according to the military-political objectives, weapons being used, and the scale of warfare.
     - according to the military-political objectives:
     - Just conflict, i.e. it doesn't contradict the UN Charter, the basic principles and standards of international law. The nation being attacked organizes self-defense.
     - Unjust conflict, i.e. it contradicts the UN Charter, the basic principles and standards of international law. The hostilities unleashed by a state are to be regarded as an act of aggression
     - according to the weapon being used:
     - with usage of nuclear weapons and other types of mass destruction weapons
     - with usage of conventional weapons
     - According to the peculiarities of development of modern geostrategic situation, a large-scale war with a range of states being involved and usage of the whole territory of Europe is not likely to happen. At the same time the probability of unleashing regional and local conflicts of different scale is not excluded.
    Any military conflict is viewed as any armed opposing:
     - Wars of different scales
     - Frontier armed conflicts and military collisions within territory of a state
     - Military actions
     - Demonstrative and provocative actions and other forms of application of war power.

    In order to settle down inconsistencies between opposing sides the international military conflict can arise in the form of armed action and (or) armed clash between states in a separate region.
    The internal armed conflict is the armed clash within the borders of one state. It is characterized by the danger of transformation into local or civil war, by complicated social-political situation, by the broad usage of non-traditional (guerrilla) methods of warfare conducting, high involvement of local population.
    The armed conflict is a variety of a military conflict, characterized by the direct usage of armed strife means. Any warfare can be viewed as an armed conflict, though not every conflict is a war. The armed conflict has less scale, which purposes are limited enough, including the used means.
     The Armed Forces, the other troops and units usage.
    The Armed Forces make the basis of the military organization of the state and provide strategic independence of the RB, and within the frameworks of allied obligations with the Russian Federation promote the maintenance of military parity and geostrategic stability in the region.
     In the peace-time the Armed Forces consist of the arms, branches of services, specialized troops, military training establishments and organizations of the Ministry of Defense of the RB.
    In the war-time the centralized usage of the Armed Forces together with the other troops and units, included in the military organization of the state, according to their functions defined by the legislation of the RB, is performed with the purpose of military defense of the state on the basis of the unified strategic planning.
    The Armed Forces, the other troops and units usage is performed according to the strict correspondence with the legislation of the RB by observing the established international law and warfare conducting rules.
    4. The Armed Forces, the other troops and units can be applied:
     in the military conflicts in order to demonstrate resoluteness to defend the state sovereignty, territorial integrity and frontier inviolability; to neutralize the military threat; to block the region of possible military actions; to defeat the enemy groupings, performed the armed invasion; to liquidate illegal armed units, organized on the territory of the RB; to create conditions for military conflict settlement;
     in local warfare to localize the source of tension and to perform the adequate actions in order to prevent military threat upon the strengthening; to cause maximum damage on the enemy and to force it refuse of plans of invasion into the state territory; to create conditions to cease the warfare and to settle military conflict on the conditions requesting the interests of the RB;
     in the territorial warfare to defend the state sovereignty, territorial integrity by all means including the use of combat potential of regional troops in the frameworks of the united defense space with the Russian Federation; to repulse an attack and to cause losses on the enemy; to force it cease the military actions on the conditions requesting the interests of the RB;
         5. The Armed Forces, the other troops and units should be ready to carry out the system of preventive and preparatory activities, adequate to the strengthening of military threat, aiming to enhance its fighting capability to repel the invasion and provide the protection of the state frontier and the territory of the RB in any conditions of military-strategic situation, and also to be able to conduct active warfare actions upon unleashing military conflict of the most updated weapons usage.
    6. Advanced preparation of the Armed Forces, the other troops and units for repel the invasion is performed in peace-time, serves as a base for state's defense capability and includes:
     - the improvement of the Armed Forces, the other troops and units' fighting capability on the base of centralized program-target planning;
     - the development of forms and methods of warfare application of the Armed Forces, the other troops and units in accordance with their operational predestination and tasks assigned;
     - the strategic planning, organization of cooperation and maintenance of high-fighting readiness in various conditions of military-political situation;
     - operational and combat training for bodies of military administration and arrangement, its perfection during training-combat practice of methods of interaction;
     - the creation of the system of thorough troops supply during the preparation for the warfare conducting;
     - operational engineering of possible warfare areas and operational directions;
     - the introduction of new military technologies, based on military scientific research in fields of military theory and high technology production;
     - the moral-psychological preparation of personnel and upgrading of professional suitability of military staff;
     - the perfection of the preparation system of ROTC, and also the maintenance of material base of mobilization deployment of troops;
     - the organization of advanced preparation of the Armed Forces, the other troops and units is carried out as a centralized action on a planned basis within the frameworks of the state military preparation and the country on the whole for the repel of possible attack.
    7. The tasks of the Armed Forces in peace-time are the following:
     - the maintenance of combat potential, combat and mobilization capability on the level, providing the repel of local-scale invasion;
     - the ensuring of informational security;
     - the looking-ahead disclosure of any preparations for assault on the RB;
     - the safe defense and guarding of the State frontiers of the RB in the air space;
     - the creation of multifunctional defense systems with the purpose of complex solution of problems regarding the support of the state armed defense;
     - the all-round preparation for the military mobilization;
     - the readiness for the strategic deployment within the frameworks of the state transition on war-time conditions;
     - complete accomplishment of programs and plans of operational, combat and mobilization training; introduction of new forms and methods of conduct combat actions, new technologies;
     - materiel maintenance in the condition of stand-by readiness for its combat use according to its destination points;
     - perfection of Air Defense as a solid defense system of Unity state;
     - maintenance at the high level of the moral-psychological state of the personnel and its conviction in the rightness of fulfillment of its duty for the RB.
    8. With the purpose of strengthening of the state borders of the RB, defense of important installations and communication lines, maintenance of the regime of the warfare situation by the Armed Forces in cooperation with the other troops and units the territory defense is organized. The structure, aims of territory defense troops, the order of their application and cooperation are determined by the corresponding normative-legal acts of the RB.
    9. The Armed Forces, the other troops and units may be drawn to provide help to the civilians, when needed, and its defense in emergency situations according to the legislation of the RB.
    10. The direct training of the Armed Forces, the other troops and units for offense repulsion is performed under the urgent exarcebation of political and military situation, when the conflict situation can not be unraveled by the political and diplomatic means and the opposing side continues its aggressive policy.
The basic measures of the direct training for offence repulsion are:
     - informational confrontation and counteraction to the forces of the enemy's special operations;
     - the warning of troops about the offense which is being prepared or has already started;
     - the on-time partial or full-scaled deployment of troops or forces;
     - the specification of usage plans, the completion of the first operations preparation at the early stages of warfare;
     - under the urgent attack the completion of the Armed Forces, the other troops and units' training may be carried on during the combat actions.
    11. The maybe offense repulsion is organized and performed according to the plan of usage of the Armed Forces, and according to the directions of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the Secretary's of Defense orders and other normative-legal acts of the RB.
    12. The regional grouping the usage of which is performed on the plan basis according to the decision of the Supreme State Council of the allied state is created for the armed repulsion of the foreign aggression.
    13. The aims of the Armed Forces in the war-time are the following:
     - the armed defense of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the state borders;
     - the offensive repulsion under any strategic situation independently and in the structure of regional grouping of troops together with the Armed Forces of the allied states;
     - inflicting defeat to the enemy and creation of preconditions for ceasing combat actions(concluding peace) on conditions, which don't contradict with the interests of the Republic of Belarus.
     The Armed Forces fulfill its tasks on the organization of state's armed defense in co-operation with other troops and military units, constituting state's military organization.

     Management Of The State's Military Organisation, Military Administration Authorities.
    14. Corresponding military bodies of troops management and grouping are established for the Armed Forces, troops and other military units which are facing different problems, taking into account the time-space scale and the level of the potential threat, availability and condition of base of mobilization deployment.
    The President of the Republic of Belarus is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and he executes general management of the preparation (opening-up) and application of the state's military organization aiming to provide the military safety of the Republic of Belarus.
    The Safety Council of the Republic is the supreme collegial (collective) coordinate-political body, which determines main directions of military politics, the principles of military establishment and development of the Armed Forces, other troops and military units, organizes on the scheduled basis the interaction between the republican management bodies and the structural elements of state's military organization, having as its goal the maintenance of military safety in the Republic of Belarus.
    The head of the Safety Council is the President of Republic of Belarus. The working body of the Safety Council of the Republic of Belarus is the State secretariat of the Safety Council, executing informational-analytical, legal and organizational-technical maintenance of its activity under the control (direction) of the State Secretary of Safety Council of the Republic of Belarus.
    The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus is facing the issues of the providing of the Armed Forces, other troops and military units with all the necessary for the state's reliable (secure) protection, construction and deployment on the territory of the republic fortifications, directs the republican bodies of government management and bodies of local management to the preparation of economy of the Republic of Belarus for the work in war-time and regime; and also for their mobilization deployment. It organizes working-out and forming of the state defense order, mobilization economy plans and its transference to operating under wartime conditions.
    Within its powers the local authorities hold measures for transference of other organizations conforming the territory under wartime conditions provide the completion of mobilization plans, render military commissariats assistance at mobilization work in peacetime and when mobilization is announced.
    Juridical and physical persons of the RB take part in ensuring military security of the state according to the legislation of the RB.
    The Secretary of Defense of the RB exercises direct control over the Armed Forces.
    The Ministry of Defense of the RB exercises general control over the Armed Forces, is responsible for their development and preparation for fulfilling tasks of armed defense of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the RB.
    The Ministry Of Defense organizes cooperation with all government bodies on defense matters, carries out daily materiel-technical and resource ensuring of troops and combat activities, it works out conceptual documents normative-legal acts for construction and development of the Armed Forces, armament program and also draws up well-grounded suggestions on the state's defense order and financing of the Armed Forces.
    The General Headquarters of the Armed Forces is the central body of military control, which performs operation functions on the Armed Forces' management; provides their high fighting capability; organizes cooperation and coordinates activities of structural elements of state's military construction on fulfillment tasks in the defense sphere both in peace-time and war-time.
    When the warfare situation is announced, the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces carries out functions of executive body of Security Council of the RB in the system of strategic management of the Armed Forces, the other troops and units under direct control of the Commander-in-Chief of the RB.
    The commands of the Armed Forces branches are bodies of operational management of subordinated troops. They work out and perform plans of development and usage of branches of services, organize mobilization and operation preparations, technical and material ensuring of daily and combat activities of subordinated troops.
    The bodies of military control of other troops and units, which are included in the structure of state military organization, provide their combat capability while solving problems of the armed defense organization of the RB, perform their operational control in the war-time and in the peace-time, planning and organization of measures on the joint preparation for the state security control within the frameworks of responsibilities established by the legislation taking into consideration their functional purposes and the solved problems specification.
    The collective military control body ( the joined command of the regional grouping of troops) is organized after the decision of the Supreme State Council of the RB (the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces) for the regional grouping control with the purpose of collective military safety maintenance of the allied state.
    15. The organization of the military safety control of the RB and the allied state during the period of threat, the creation of the bodies of military control are provided by the legislation of the RB and normative-legal acts of the allied state.

Chapter 3
THE ECONOMIC ENSURING GROUNDS OF MILITARY SECURITY

    1. The major goal of economic ensuring of military security is all-round satisfaction of the state military organization's needs in necessary financial and economic resources on the basis of economic potential and possibilities of military-economic (military-technical) co-ordination of the Republic of Belarus with other states.
    2. The primary economic ensuring principles of military security are:
     - financial and material ensuring level adequacy of the state's military organization to the real military security needs and state's economic possibilities
     - state centralized management of military and economic processes with the use of market mechanisms
     - concentration of financial, material, technical and intellectual resources on solving key tasks of military security ensuring
     - rapid development of prior competitive and import substitution technologies and productions, primary of double purpose for the needs of state's military security
    3. The primary tasks of military security economic ensuring are:
     - working-out and improvement of legislation of the Republic of Belarus, regulative attitude to military and economic sphere, distinct distribution and agreement on functions of republican bodies of the state government and other state organizations in solving tasks of ensuring military security of the state
     - creation a system of estimate, planning and financing military needs of the state with the use of program purpose methods on the basis of parameters of macroeconomic forecasting of social-economic development of the state
     - effective use of possibilities of state defense order system taking into account market mechanisms
     - rational usage, further development and state support of science-technical and production potential of the defense sector of economy in the interests on solving tasks of military security ensuring of the Republic of Belarus, member-states of the Commonwealth, of the Collective Security Treaty
     - preparation of management system to stable functioning in mobilization period
     - improvement of the state mobilization preparation system of economy
     - reinforcement up to needed volumes and maintenance of supplies of material means in the Armed Forces, state and mobilization reserves
     - combination of purchases of new serial armaments with carrying-out timely maintenance, prolongation of guarantee terms of exploitation and modernization items available
     - effective usage of mutually profitable military-economic(military-technical) possibilities of coordination of the Republic of Belarus with other countries including deliveries of military production for export
    4. In peacetime the state's readiness to repulse an attack is ensured by construction a stable system of state military organization management, creation of production powers, supplies of material means and resources. It is also ensured by preparation of economy in good time for the work under wartime conditions aiming at ensuring the needs of the Armed forces, other troops and military formations and population of the Republic of Belarus
    5. Operational organization of the ground is carried out aiming at development of the existing state's military infrastructure, timely strategic deployment of the Armed Forces, which conduct combat operations under command of Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.
    6. The Armed Forces, other troops and military formations, republican bodies of state government and other state organizations carry out accumulation, echeloning, arrangement and maintenance of material means supplies for mobilization deployment and conducting combat operations.
     Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus organize creation and maintenance of material means supplies.
    7. ROTC planning, its registration and registration of materiel allocated to the Armed Forces, other troops and military formations at mobilization deployment are carried out and checked by the Armed Forces General Headquarters in close co-operation with state and local authorities.
    8. Preparation to civil defense is carried out as in peacetime, so in threatening period. In addition measures are planned and carried out to ensure security of functioning of economic objects, transport and means for realization emergency-rescue and restoration works.
    9. Mobilization economy preparation is co-ordinated with troops' mobilization deployment system, territorial and civil defense aiming at stability improvement of economy branches and objects' functioning and timely deployment of military and civil production according to payment balance year plans.
    10. The Republic of Belarus carries out international military-technical co-operation, originating from economic and foreign-policy expediency its own ensuring military security in strict conformity with the legislation of the Republic of Belarus and international treaty commitments.

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On declaring its Military Doctrine the Republic of Belarus proves its principled devotion to maintaining international security and universal peace, guarantees firm and successive fulfillment of regulations of present Military Doctrine.
Other normative legal acts in the sphere of military policy, military construction, reformation and vital activity of state military organization are worked out by republican bodies of state government originating from basic regulations of the Military Doctrine.

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