AGREEMENT

of May 30, 2014

About cooperation of engineering troops of armed forces of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the field of humanitarian mine clearing

The governments of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States which further are referred to as with the Parties

being guided by the conventional principles and regulations of international humanitarian law, international treaties accepted within the Commonwealth of Independent States (further – the CIS),

proceeding from need of cooperation of engineering troops of armed forces of the State Parties of the CIS when conducting humanitarian mine clearing,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

For the purposes of this agreement the following determinations are used:

explosive objects (further – VOP) – ammunition and destructive devices, including the self-made, containing explosives;

humanitarian mine clearing – the activities which are carried out out of areas of fighting in interaction with local government bodies (territorial administration) which lead to elimination of dangers (risks) connected with VOP, including carrying out continuous inspection of the area and objects regarding VOP availability, creation of cards, search and neutralization of VOP, preparation of documentation after conducting mine clearing, including on transfer of the cleared of mines territories.

Article 2

The parties perform cooperation in the following main directions:

development of the approved approaches and methods of accomplishment of tasks of humanitarian mine clearing;

carrying out continuous inspection of the area and objects;

creation of district maps (objects);

direct implementation of search and neutralization of VOP;

the organization of transfer of the cleared of mines territories to local executive bodies.

Article 3

The basic principles of cooperation are:

equality in development and implementation of the made decisions;

collective discussion and the problem resolution, the tasks of humanitarian mine clearing arising in case of accomplishment;

mutual respect of national interests.

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