The federal law provides for the ratification of the Consular Convention between the Russian Federation and Serbia and Montenegro that was signed in Belgrade on November 7, 2005.
The Convention was designed in accordance with existing practices and in conformity with the universally recognized norms of international law.
The ratification of the Convention will help create a normative and legal basis for the countries' consular relations and allow the Russian Federation to effectively protect its rights and interests as well as those of Russian citizens and legal persons on Serbian or Montenegrin territory.