The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Georgia on cooperation in the field of information

of February 11, 2004

The government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Georgia which are hereinafter referred to as with the Parties

based on cultural proximity and traditional friendship of the people of two states, attaching great value to strengthening of mutual understanding between them,

being guided by provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966 and the European convention of human rights protection and fundamental freedoms of 1950,

proceeding from the provisions of the Final act of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe of 1975 and the subsequent documents of OSCE concerning cooperation in the field of information and the humanitarian sphere

in view of article 4 of the Agreement on creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States of 1991 providing assistance to broad information exchange and need of the conclusion of agreements in the specified area of interaction

agreed as follows:

Article 1

The parties create favorable conditions for wide and free mutual dissemination of information for the purpose of further increasing knowledge of life of the people of their states.

Article 2

Each of the Parties according to the legislation of the states promotes broad and free exchange of information between information services (agencies), to creation and activities of mass media in state languages of the Russian Federation and Georgia.

Each of the Parties will not interfere with distribution in the territory of its state of products of mass media provided that distribution of the data and materials forming such products does not contradict requirements of its legislation.

Each of the Parties does not interfere with distribution of messages and information of diplomatic and other official representations of the state of other Party.

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