BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 24
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym Jomart Tokayev ratified the agreement with Russia on cooperation in launching carrier rockets of the 'Soyuz-2' type from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the northern direction to circumpolar orbits, Trend reports citing the press office of the president.
Kazakh Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Baghdat Musin noted during the plenary session of the Senate held earlier this year that the purpose of the document is to implement the obligations provided for in the agreement between Kazakhstan and Russia on the development of cooperation on the effective use of the Baikonur complex dated January 9, 2004.
"The bill ratification will allow the implementation of the task of extending the lease and operation of the Baikonur complex until 2050," Musin said.
The expected result of the adopted agreement will be the harmonization of previously assumed obligations, which will allow to preserve, effectively use and develop the scientific and technical, production, socio-cultural potential of the Baikonur complex, as well as ensure socio-economic stability in the region.
Earlier this year Kazakhstan and Russia agreed on the main issues regarding the Baiterek joint project. The agreements were reached during a meeting of Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Askar Mamin and ROSCOSMOS Director General Dmitry Rogozin.
The ROSCOSMOS report said that basic issues of launching the Baiterek joint project were agreed upon during the meeting. The agreements provide for the creation of the 'Soyuz-5' launch complex at Baikonur.
Kazakhstan’s Baikonur city is the administrative and living center of major Baikonur Cosmodrome. The city and the Cosmodrome together create a Baikonur complex, which Russia is renting from Kazakhstan till 2050.
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