AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF STATE MEMBERS OF THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION

of September 13, 2013

About sci-tech cooperation

The governments of state members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (further - referred to as with the Parties),

aiming at cooperation increase, based on the principles of equality and mutual respect, to development and strengthening of friendship of state members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (further - SCO),

being guided by provisions of the Charter of SCO of June 7, 2002, and also other documents of SCO,

recognizing importance of need of enhancement of sci-tech cooperation between state members of SCO,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

The parties according to the national legal system of state members of SCO develop cooperation in the following directions:

- environmental protection and rational use of natural resources;

- sciences about life;

- agricultural sciences;

- nanosystems and materials;

- information and telecommunication technologies;

- power and energy saving;

- sciences about Earth, including seismology and geology;

- and other mutually agreed areas of cooperation.

Article 2

The cooperation in the directions called in Article 1 of this agreement is performed according to the national legal system of state members of SCO as on bilateral, and multilateral basis in the following forms:

- organization of scientific and technical researches;

- development and implementation of joint scientific and technical programs and projects;

- the organization and participation in scientific conferences, seminars and other events held within SCO;

- development and deployment of innovative technologies in the different fields of science;

- exchange of scientific and technical information;

- exchange of experts and scientists;

- other possible forms determined by the Parties by the mutual arrangement.

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