CONTRACT OVER THE BASES OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND IRAN
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MOSCOW, 12 March.  (RIA "Nowosti" rIA-"Nowosti"-Korrespondent Oleg
Ossipow).  The presidents of Russia and Iran, Vladimir Putin and
Mohammad Khatami, signed the contract over the bases of the relations
and principles of co-operation between the two countries after the
results on 12 March of the negotiations taken place in Moscow.

The principles of co-operation between the two countries are stated on
eight pages and concern a cooperating within the area trade, economics
and culture as well as the common activity on the Kaspi sea, announce
the RIA "Nowosti" rIA-"Nowosti"-Korrespondent.  In the contract also
the political aspect of the bilateral relations was treated.

To apply determined in the document in particular that " each page
commits itself, in their relations neither force nor threat of force
and their area for an aggression to let subversive or separatist
actions not use against the other page ".

Besides Russia and Iran agreed on it that " if a page is exposed to an
aggression through any state, then may the other page the aggressor a
military or other assistance, which would promote the continuation of
the aggression, not furnish and are to the fact contribute that the
developed differences are abgeregelt due to the UN Charter and the
international law standards ".  The pages agreed to regulate the
points of issue, which could develop between them, exclusively on the
way of negotiations.

Russia and Iran are convinced that " the international problems are to
be solved in the world from today only in conformity with principles
sovereigns of the equality, political independence, territorial
integrity, peaceful regulation of the points of issue, non-application
from force, fixed in the UN Charter, and noninterference into the
internal affairs of the states ".

Vladimir Putin and Mohammad Khatami agreed on the fact that Russia and
Iran will cause favorable legal, economic, financial and commercial
conditions for bi and multilateral activity and common investments in
the area of the two countries as well as in third countries.  Moscow
and Teheran will promote the development of the long-term and on both
sides favourable relations, in order to implement community projects
in the area of the traffic, the energetik, including peaceful use of
the atomic energy and building of the nuclear power stations, as well
as in the area of the industry, science and technique, agriculture and
the health service.

In the contract it is also noted that the pages will exchange
regularly consultation to execute and information and experiences in
the economic and scientific-technologic area.