AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

of November 15, 2013

About readmission

The government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus which are hereinafter referred to as with the Parties

being guided by aspiration to development good-neighbourhood, partnership between two states, and also cooperation between them in different areas,

being convinced that enforcement of the principles and regulations determining procedure for return, acceptance and transfer of persons which are in the territories of the states of the Parties in defiance of the operating procedure for entrance and stay of foreign citizens and stateless persons approved by the Parties is important component of regulation of processes of migration,

respecting the sovereign right of each of the states of the Parties according to its legislation to establish responsibility for illegal migration on its territory of foreign citizens and stateless persons,

emphasizing that this agreement does not diminish the rights, obligations and responsibility of the states of the Parties on international law, including the rules of international law enshrined, in particular, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of December 10, 1948 in the Convention on the status of refugees of July 28, 1951 and the Protocol concerning the status of refugees of January 31, 1967,

agreed as follows:

Article 1. Determinations

For the purposes of this agreement the stated below terms have the following value:

a) readmission - transfer by competent authorities of the state of the requesting Party and acceptance of the state of the required Party by competent authorities according to the procedure, on conditions and for the purpose of, provided in this agreement, citizens of the third states and stateless persons which are in the territory of the state of the requesting Party in violation of the law of this state concerning entrance, departure and stay of foreign citizens and stateless persons;

b) the requesting Party - the Party which competent authority of the state sends inquiry for readmission or transit of person according to this agreement;

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