The document was signed back in 2007. The agreement guarantees equal rights to migrants regardless their sex, nationality, language, religious confession, political views and other indicators having no bearing with the professional faculties of a labor migrant.

Under the agreement the signatory nations can hire migrants over 18 years. The employer pays for their medical services. The migrant can invite in the hosting country members of his family, if he has the necessary money and housing meeting the requirements of the legislation of the hosting country. The agreement stipulates that the salary of migrants should not be lower and the labor conditions cannot be less favorable than those for citizens of the hosting country and doing the similar work. After the official abolishment of the work permit the migrant should leave the hosting country within 15 days.

According to the Federal Migration Service, Uzbekistan is leading among the CIS states in the number of citizens, who arrived to Russia to find a job, and their number is constantly on the rise.

Russia has earlier ratified similar agreements with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.