13.12 Russia, Belarus Sign Glonass Cooperation Agreement

MOSCOW, December 13 (RIA Novosti) – Russia and Belarus on Friday signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the use and development of the Glonass global navigation and positioning network.

The document was signed at a meeting of the Russia-Belarus Union State Council of Ministers, chaired by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his Belarusian counterpart, Mikhail Myasnikovich.

The agreement is based on the main provisions of the international agreement between Russia and Belarus on cooperation in the exploration and peaceful use of outer space, signed in March 2011.

Similar agreements on cooperation in the use of the Glonass system have already been signed with Ukraine, India, Cuba and Kazakhstan.