AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN AND GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of April 5, 2017

About assistance to interregional cooperation

The government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the Russian Federation which are hereinafter referred to as by the Parties

being guided by the Contract on bases of the interstate relations, friendship and cooperation between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation of May 30, 1992, the Contract on strategic partnership between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation of June 16, 2004 and the Agreement on the allied relations between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation of November 14, 2005,

recognizing need of full-scale development of trade and economic, scientific and technical, cultural and humanitarian and other spheres of cooperation between the states of the Parties,

noting the practical importance and potential of interregional cooperation in development and deepening of historically developed bonds,

aiming to create favorable conditions and to strengthen the legal basis of interregional cooperation capable to provide interaction of regions of the states of the Parties in different fields of activity,

being guided by the conventional principles and rules of international law,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

The parties according to the legislation of the states of the Parties and international treaties which participants are the states of the Parties promote expansion and development of mutually beneficial interregional cooperation in trade and economic, scientific and technical and cultural and humanitarian spheres, in the fields of agricultural industry, health care, tourism and ecology, and also in other directions which are of mutual interest.

Article 2

For the purposes of this agreement the used terms have the following values:

"region" - administrative and territorial unit of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the subject of the Russian Federation;

"competent authorities of the states of the Parties" - the executive bodies of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation given competence and authority according to the solution of the questions connected with implementation of this agreement;

"business entities" are the business entities registered in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan or the territory of the Russian Federation.

Article 3

The parties, and also competent authorities of the states of the Parties for the purpose of development of interregional cooperation help:

to establishment and development of contacts between executive bodies of regions;

to the conclusion of agreements between regions according to the procedure, stipulated by the legislation each of the states of the Parties;

to development and implementation of joint programs, actions plans, "road maps", the action programs directed to practical implementation of this agreement;

activation of business contacts in the area of regions.

Article 4

Within this agreement the interregional cooperation is performed in the following forms:

realization of regional investment policy and increase in investment activity in regions;

assistance in holding by regions meetings, business seminars, conferences, symposiums, exhibitions and fairs with participation of representatives of entrepreneurial and business community;

information exchange concerning interregional cooperation;

assistance in implementation of priority projects of economic development of regions by business entities;

realization of the joint efforts directed to increase in tourist attractiveness of regions;

exchange of the best practices of development of regions and effective management of them;

realization of the joint projects and other actions aimed at the development of cooperation of regions in the field of strengthening of culture of international communication, interreligious and cross-cultural dialogue, and also ethnocultural development;

other forms determined as agreed by the parties.

Article 5

Disputes and disagreements between the Parties on interpretation and application of provisions of this agreement are permitted by negotiations and consultations.

Article 6

In the consent of the Parties changes and additions which are drawn up by separate protocols can be made to this agreement.

Article 7

This agreement becomes effective from the date of receipt in writing of the last notification on accomplishment of the interstate procedures by the Parties necessary for its entry into force.

This agreement is signed sine die and stops the action after six months from the date of receipt by one Party through diplomatic channels of the written notice of other Party of its intention to terminate this agreement.

Cancellation of this agreement does not affect the obligation of the Parties on projects which implementation began during its action and was not complete by the time of the termination of its action.

From the effective date this agreement is terminated by the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation increase of administrative-territorial formations of the Republic of Uzbekistan with subjects of the Russian Federation of May 19, 2000.

It is made in the city of Moscow on April 5, 2017 in duplicate everyone in the Uzbek and Russian languages, and both texts are equally authoritative.

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