Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct.24
Trend:
CIS countries will create an interstate system of space monitoring of emergencies and inter-regional satellite communication system in the interests of the Commonwealth countries-participants, the press service of the Russian Space Agency told TASS news agency Oct.24.
The decision was taken on the results of the meeting of representatives of the executive authorities of the CIS countries on cooperation issues in the field of space activities.
"The protocol of the meeting included decisions on all issues on the agenda of the event: the creation of the new legal framework of the multilateral cooperation, the need to integrate terrestrial infrastructures, which use GLONASS signal, the issue of accession of the CIS countries to the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters," the Federal Space Agency said.
The participants of the meeting also agreed to prepare a draft agreement on the establishment of an international intergovernmental research organization "Joint Institute for Space Research," as well as to create a unified system of satellite monitoring of agricultural lands of the CIS countries.
"Responsible executors were appointed for each item of the protocol," the press service said. "Federal Space Agency will be the coordinator for the implementation of decisions taken at the meeting during the year."
The next meeting of the representatives of the executive authorities of CIS member states on cooperation issues in the space sector will be held in 2015 in Minsk.
Translated by EA
Edited by CN