Only days after its formation, the Collective Security Treaty Organization‘s rapid reaction force already has a breach. AFP reports that Belarus apparently didn’t understand that the force might actually be used, you know, for combat, and maintains that its troops are protected from joint combat missions by domestic law.

“Firstly, I would like to emphasize that it will not be for ambassadors of other countries to interpret relevant elements of the Belarussian legislation,” said Belarus Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Popov. “Secondly…there is a law of our country on that subject and it will be rigorously implemented.”