Russia, Ukraine to regulate movement of Black Sea Fleet formations on Ukrainian territory
Diplomats of Russia and Ukraine on Jan. 27, 2011 agreed on a draft agreement between the two countries’ governments on coordination of movements of military forces of the Russian Black Sea Fleet on Ukrainian territory, outside their dislocations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine press service said.
The document had been approved in Kiev at the 9th session of the Sub-committee of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission for the Russian Black Sea Fleet base on Ukrainian territory. The delegation was headed by First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Ruslan Demchenko and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin.
The two parties are developing the agreement on cooperation in preventing and emergencies response, using units of Russian Black Sea Fleet and a draft bilateral agreement on the actions in crisis situations.
According to the parties, signing a bilateral agreement on information exchange and navigation and hydrographic support of safety of shipping in the Black and Azov Seas would promote successful cooperation of the two countries in the sphere.
The document had been approved in Kiev at the 9th session of the Sub-committee of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission for the Russian Black Sea Fleet base on Ukrainian territory. The delegation was headed by First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Ruslan Demchenko and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin.
The two parties are developing the agreement on cooperation in preventing and emergencies response, using units of Russian Black Sea Fleet and a draft bilateral agreement on the actions in crisis situations.
According to the parties, signing a bilateral agreement on information exchange and navigation and hydrographic support of safety of shipping in the Black and Azov Seas would promote successful cooperation of the two countries in the sphere.