TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 07-1227.1 

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SPACE COOPERATION 

 Agreements Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and the RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

Amending and Extending the 

Agreement of June 17, 1992 

Effected by Exchange of Notes at 

Moscow December 3 and 26, 2007 

and January 25, 2008 

 and 

Effected by Exchange of Notes at 

Moscow August 25, 2011 and April 3, 2013 

 
 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 

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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 

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or authentication thereof.” 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

 Space Cooperation 

 Agreements amending and extending the 

 agreement of June 17, 1992. 

 Effected by exchange of notes at 

 Moscow December 3 and 26, 2007 

 and January 25, 2008; 

 Entered into force December 27, 2007. 

 And effected by exchange of notes at 

 Moscow August 25, 2011 and 

 April 3, 2013; 

 Entered into force April 3, 2013. 









MFA No. 2011 110

The Embassy of the United: States of America presents its

compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation,

and refers to the Agreement between the United States of America and the

Russian Federation Concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of

Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes, done at Washington June 17, 1992, as

extended (hereinafter the "Agreement").

The Embassy, on behalf of the Government of the United States of

America, proposes that Article VII of the Agreement, second sentence, be

deleted and replaced by the following: "This Agreement may be extended

by an exchange of diplomatic notes." Also, in accordance with Article VII

of the Agreement, the Embassy, on behalf of the Government of the United

States of America, proposes that the Agreement be extended from June 18,

2012, through December 31, 2020. The Embassy further proposes that this

note and the Ministry's affirmative reply shall constitute an agreement to

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amend and extend the agreement, which shall enter into force on the date of

the Ministry's affirmative note in reply, with effect from June 18, 2012.

The Embassy of the United States of America avails itself of the

opportunity to extend to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian

Federation the renewed assurances of its highest consideration.

Embassy of the United States of America

Moscow, August 25, 2011.
Unofficial translation

N 1647/Aca

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation presents its

compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honor to

confirm the receipt of the note of the Embassy MFA N 2011-110 dated August 25,

2011 of the following content:

(the translation into Russian of the US note follows)

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs informs that Russian Federation agrees to

consider the above mentioned note of the Embassy of the United States of

America and this responding note as an Agreement between the Russian

Federation and the United States of America on introduction of amendments and

extension of the Agreement Between the Russian Federation and the United

States of America Concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer

Space for Peaceful Purposes which will come into force since the date of this

note.

The Ministry for Foreign Relations avails itself of the opportunity to extend to the

Embassy renewed assurances of its highest considerations.

Moscow, April 3, 2013

NOTE: This is unofficial translation provided by the Russian Federation. When the official translation becomes available, it will be added to this publication.