The President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the Law "On the State Border of the Republic of Kazakhstan" aimed at regulating the relations in the field of protection of the state border. The law aims at improving the legislation on the state border, as well as at a clear separation of powers and functions of public authorities in this field. This document merged the laws On State Border of the Republic of Kazakhstan" and "On the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan" into a single law. It has a glossary which provides the definitions of such concepts as "border security", "border incident" and "categorization of the state border." As noted by the relevant committee, the law defines the conditions and limits of application by the competent authorities of Kazakhstan the weapons and military equipment, special equipment for tasks to protect and conserve the state border. In addition, this law provides the establishment of the State Border Commission as a part of the Government, in order to develop proposals for the formation of border policy. It is planned to form a coordinating council as a part of the Akimats of border regions, in order to promptly address the issues of border security.
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