UPPER HOUSE OF THE PARLIAMENT OF RUSSIA RATIFIED CONTRACTS WITH
TADSHIKISTAN AND USBEKISTAN








MOSCOW, 14 March.  / RIA "Nowosti" rIA-"Nowosti"-Korrespondent Nikolai
Wenediktow /. the federation council (upper house of the parliament of
Russia) ratified the contract with Tadshikistan over status and
conditions of the stay of the Russian military base on the territory
of this republic.

The present Treaty had been signed by the Secretaries of Defense of
the two countries on 16 April 1999 in Moscow and reglementiert the
stay of the Russian military base on the territory Tadshikistans.

Like Vladimir Kulakow, deputy chairmen of the upper house committee
for security and defense, stressed, the entry into force of this
document to the reinforcement of the positions of Russia in the
strategically important centralasiatic region and to the maintenance
of the peace and stability in this region will contribute.

On the same day the federation council ratified the contract with
Usbekistan over further recess of all-round co-operation in the
military and military-technical area.  That is a basic agreement,
which creates the legal basis for common efforts around a broad
spectrum of questions:  among other things maintenance of regional
security, fight against the international terrorism and co-ordinated
policy in the area of the material-technical sicherstellung of the
armed forces of the two countries.