TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 19-315

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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION

Agreement Between the

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

and INDIA

Extending the Agreement of

October 17, 2005

Effected by Exchange of Notes at 

New Delhi March 13 and 15, 2019
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent

evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and

international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime

jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof

or authentication thereof.”
 INDIA

 Scientific and Technological Cooperation

 Agreement extending the agreement of 

 October 17, 2005.

 Effected by exchange of notes at New Delhi

 March 13 and 15, 2019;

 Entered into force March 15, 2019.

 
No. 2019-245/EEST 

The Embassy ofthe United States ofAmerica presents its compliments to 

the Ministry ofExternal Affairs and has the honor to inform the Ministry ofthe 

Agreement between the Government ofthe United States ofAmerica and the 

Government ofthe Republic ofIndia on Science and Technology Cooperation, 

signed at Washington October 17, 2005 ("the Agre'!ment"), which entered into 

force March 14, 2006, and will expire on March 14, 2019. 

Considering science and technology cooperation to be an important field in 

which to strengthen the bilateral relationship between our two countries, 

notwithstanding Article X ofthe Agreement, which provides that the Agreement 

"may be amended or extended for further ten-year periods by •mitten agreement of 

the Parties," the Embassy proposes, on behalf ofthe Government ofthe United 

States ofAmerica, that the Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement be 

extended for an additional six-month period, until September 14, 2019. 

Ifthe Government ofthe Republic ofIndia considers this proposal 

acceptable, the Embassy further proposes that this note and the Ministry's 

affirmative note in reply shall constitute an agreement between the Government of 

the United States ofAmerica and the Government ofthe Republic ofIndia to 

DIPLOMATIC NOTE 
extend the Agreement for a further period ofsix months which shall eriter into 

force ·on the date ofthe M.mistry's· note. 

The Embassy ofthe United States of America avails itselfofthis 

opportunityto renew to the Ministry ofExternal Affairs the; assurance_s ofits 

h1ghest consideration. 

Embassy ofthe United Statf!S ofAmerica, 

New Delhi, March 13, 2019 
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MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL. AFFAIRS 

NEW DELHI 

Wll/106/18/2015 15 March 2019 

The Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India presents 

its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America in New 

Delhi and has the honour to refer to the tatters diplomatic note No. 

2019-245/EEST, dated 13 March 2019 regarding the Agreement 

between the Government of the United States of America and the 

Government of the Republic of India on Science & Technology 

Cooperation, signed at Washington DC on 17 October 2005 ("the 

Agreement"). 

The Ministry of External Affairs, on behalf of the Government of 

the Republic of India, concurs with the proposal made by the Embassy, 

on behalf of the Government of the United States of America that the 

validity of "the Agreement" be extended for an additional six-month 

period, until 14 September 2019 and hopes that both sides will 

endeavour to conclude a new Science & Technology Cooperation 

Agreement before that date. 

The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of the Republic of 

India avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the 

United States of America in New Delhi the assurances of its highest 

consideration. 

Embassy of the United States of America 

New Delhi