THE UNION TREATY of the soviet socialist republics of the trans-cau­casus

The authorized Conference of the representatives of the Soviet Socialist Republics of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, based on the right to national self-determination declared by the Great Proletarian Revolution, recognizing the independence and sovereignty  of the participating sides and realizing the necessity of unification of their forces for the defence and economic purposes – decided that from now and on the Soviet Socialist Republics of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia shall establish political, military and economic cooperation on the following bases:

1. The supreme body of the Union of Republics shall be the Conference of Representatives, who will be elected by the Governments of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia in equal number.

13. The Union of Republics shall establish the relations with the RSFSR on the basis of Union Treaty.

12 March 1922

(Struggle for Strengthening the Soviet Power in Georgia. Tb. 1959, p. 108-110/ in Russian)