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RADA RATIFIES AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON RESTORATION OF COOPERATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

6 October , 2017  

KYIV. Oct 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has ratified the agreement between the governments of Ukraine and the United States on cooperation in the field of science and technology.
According to an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent, 246 people’s deputies voted for law No. 0156 at a plenary session on Thursday.
The law ratified the agreement in the form of exchange of notes between the governments of Ukraine and the United States on the restoration of cooperation in science and technology, which was signed in Washington on December 4, 2006.
According to an explanatory note to the bill, the goal of ratification is the need to validate the basic agreement between the governments of both countries on cooperation in science and technology dated December 4, 2006, which creates a legal basis for cooperation in science and technology for mutually beneficial cooperation and will promote the development of science and technology in the two countries.