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Joint Ministerial Statement on Co-Operation in the Area of Science, Technology and Innovation

THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF CANADA and THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, hereinafter referred to as "the Participants,"

WISHING  to develop bilateral co-operation in the field of science, technology and innovation;

RECOGNIZING  the growing importance of science, technology and innovation as a key element in their socio-economic development;

ASPIRING to develop and broaden their scientific and technical partnerships and linkages that ensure both countries' access to leading technologies and scientific advances;

HAVE COME to the following understanding:

1. PURPOSE

The Participants will promote the development of co-operation between their government bodies, private sector and academia in the areas of science, technology and innovation that are of high-priority to both countries, in the interests of modernizing their national economies and improving competitiveness and productivity.

2. DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this Joint Statement:

3. PRINCIPLES

The Participants will carry out joint activities on the basis of mutual benefit, sovereign equality and mutual respect.

4. AREAS OF CO-OPERATION

5. FORMS OF COOPERATION

The Participants understand that joint activities under this Joint Statement may take the following forms:

6. CO-ORDINATION AND PROMOTION OF JOINT ACTIVITIES

The Participants understand that:

7. FUNDING

SIGNED in duplicate at Ottawa on this 2nd day of June 2011, in the English, French and Russian languages, each version being equally valid.

FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE  OF CANADA

FOR THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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