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title: "\"Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации и Правительством Турецкой Республики о местах российских захоронений на территории Турецкой Республики и турецких захоронений на территории Российской Федерации\" [рус., англ.]"
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# Статья 10

### <a id="p100056"></a>Статья 10


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<a id="p100057"></a>Заключительные положения

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1. <a id="p100058"></a>Настоящее Соглашение вступает в силу с даты последнего письменного уведомления о выполнении Сторонами внутригосударственных процедур, необходимых для его вступления в силу.
2. <a id="p100059"></a>В настоящее Соглашение могут вноситься изменения.
3. <a id="p100060"></a>Настоящее Соглашение заключается на неопределенный срок и остается в силе до истечения шести месяцев с даты, когда одна из Сторон по дипломатическим каналам письменно уведомит другую Сторону о своем намерении прекратить действие настоящего Соглашения.

<a id="p100061"></a>Совершено в г. Стамбуле 3 декабря 2012 года в двух экземплярах, каждый на русском, турецком и английском языках, причем все тексты имеют одинаковую силу.

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<a id="p100062"></a>(Подписи)

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**BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN**
**FEDERATION AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY**
**ON THE RUSSIAN BURIAL PLACES IN THE TERRITORY OF THE**
**REPUBLIC OF TURKEY AND THE TURKISH BURIAL PLACES IN THE**
**TERRITORY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION**

<a id="p100064"></a>(Istanbul, 3.XII.2012)

<a id="p100065"></a>The Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Turkey, hereinafter referred to as the Parties,
<a id="p100066"></a>taking into consideration that the military burial places with the remains of the Russian and Turkish soldiers are situated in the territories of the States of the Parties,
<a id="p100067"></a>have agreed as follows:

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<a id="p100068"></a>Article 1

<a id="p100069"></a>Definitions

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<a id="p100070"></a>The concepts used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings:
<a id="p100071"></a>a) "Russian burial places" means burial places of Russian (Soviet) soldiers died and deceased as a result of wars, including individual and collective graves, cemeteries or sections of cemeteries, as well as monuments and other memorial structures placed in their memory in the territory of the Republic of Turkey;
<a id="p100072"></a>b) "Turkish burial places" means burial places of the Turkish soldiers died and deceased as a result of wars, including individual and collective graves, cemeteries or sections of cemeteries, as well as monuments and other memorial structures placed in their memory in the territory of the Russian Federation;
<a id="p100073"></a>c) "arrangement of burial places" means marking the boundaries of burial places and placing of commemorative tokens, grave plates, monuments or other memorial structures, as well as other related activities;
<a id="p100074"></a>d) "maintenance of burial places" means ensuring the preservation of burial places, maintaining them in a proper condition and order and carrying out necessary repairs;
<a id="p100075"></a>e) "authorized bodies" means bodies or organizations designated by the Parties to fulfill this Agreement.

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<a id="p100076"></a>Article 2

<a id="p100077"></a>Areas of Cooperation

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1. <a id="p100078"></a>The Parties shall contribute to the identification and registration of the burial places, ensure the arrangement and maintenance of the burial places located in the territory of the States of the Parties, and settle the issues related to the transfer and reburial of the remains of the soldiers died and deceased as a result of World War I and II and other military campaigns.
2. <a id="p100079"></a>The Parties shall inform each other through diplomatic channels of the existence, location and condition of the Russian and Turkish burial places, exchange the lists and personal data of the soldiers died and deceased as a result of wars and buried in the territory of the States of the Parties.
3. <a id="p100080"></a>The Parties shall assist each other, in accordance with the legislations of their States, in accessing documents for the Russian and Turkish burial places which are or may be at the disposal of the Parties.
4. <a id="p100081"></a>The Parties shall ensure the arrangement, maintenance and protection of the burial places located in the territory of the States of the Parties, in accordance with the legislations of their States and taking into consideration national and religious traditions of the peoples of the States of the Parties.
5. <a id="p100082"></a>Each Party shall provide, in accordance with the legislation of its State, necessary assistance to the citizens of the State of the other Party in visiting the burial places located in the territory of its State for the purpose of commemoration of those died and deceased.
6. <a id="p100083"></a>The Parties shall grant each other the right to monitor over the condition of the burial places located in the territory of the States of the Parties through the authorized bodies, diplomatic missions and consular offices.
7. <a id="p100084"></a>The Parties shall notify each other immediately of any known unlawful acts committed in respect of the burial places of the State of the other Party and shall take measures for the restoration of such burial places and preventing such acts in future.
<a id="p100085"></a>The expenses of elimination of damage caused to the burial places in respect of which the unlawful acts were committed shall be borne by the Party in the territory of which the damage occurred.

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<a id="p100086"></a>Article 3

<a id="p100087"></a>Location of Burial Places

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1. <a id="p100088"></a>The Parties shall grant each other, free of charge and on a permanent basis (for an unlimited period of time), the use of land plots for existing or newly arranged burial places in accordance with the legislations of the States of the Parties.
2. <a id="p100089"></a>If the land plot granted under paragraph 1 of this Article due to an overriding public necessity be required for other purposes, the State of the Party where the burial place is located, shall grant free of charge the use of another land plot and cover all expenses in connection with the reburial of the remains, transfer of the memorial structures and arrangement of the burials in a new place.
3. <a id="p100090"></a>The selection of a new land plot, its arrangement, reburial and transfer of a memorial structure shall be carried out by one Party only upon consent of the other Party.
4. <a id="p100091"></a>The arrangement of newly discovered Russian and Turkish burial places shall be carried out where the remains are located or in other places appropriate for honoring the memory of the deceased by mutual agreement of the Parties.
5. <a id="p100092"></a>Should it be established, according to the archival documents or by the court decision, that there previously existed Russian or Turkish burial place which then ceased to exist, and the exhumation and transfer of the remains are not possible, the State of the Party where the burial place was located at the request of the other Party shall provide in close vicinity an appropriate place for the placing of commemorative tokens.
6. <a id="p100093"></a>If in close vicinity or within the boundaries of the burial places subject to this Agreement there exist burial places of the soldiers of the third States, this fact shall be taken into account while settling the issues related to the arrangement and maintenance of burial places.

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<a id="p100094"></a>Article 4

<a id="p100095"></a>Exhumation and Reburial of Remains

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1. <a id="p100096"></a>Remains of soldiers shall be exhumed from the burial places for their reburial in the homeland only at the request of the interested Party and upon consent of the other Party submitted through the diplomatic channels.
2. <a id="p100097"></a>In case there is an agreement on the transfer of remains stipulated by paragraph 1 of this Article, the Parties shall agree through their authorized bodies on the procedure of exhumation and transfer of the remains to the interested Party.
3. <a id="p100098"></a>The reburial of the remains from the burial places in the territory of the State of the initial burial shall be carried out only upon consent of both Parties with due account of the legislation of the State in the territory of which the burial place is located.
4. <a id="p100099"></a>The representatives of the interested Party shall have the right to be present at the exhumation of the remains performed in order to change the burial place.

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<a id="p100100"></a>Article 5

<a id="p100101"></a>Financial Support

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1. <a id="p100102"></a>Each Party bears the costs on arrangement and maintenance of burial places of its State, located in the territory of the State of the other Party. In this case all works are carried out in coordination with the authorized body of the other Party.
2. <a id="p100103"></a>Each of the Parties in coordination with the authorized body of the other Party may at its own cost carry out works of maintenance of burial places of the State of the other Party, located in the territory of its State.

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<a id="p100104"></a>Article 6

<a id="p100105"></a>Coordination of Activities

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<a id="p100106"></a>In order to coordinate activities to implement this Agreement and to consider issues that require joint decision, the Parties shall establish the Joint Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission). The Parties shall inform each other in a written form of the representatives appointed to the Commission. The Rules of Procedure of the Commission shall be adopted at its first meeting.

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<a id="p100107"></a>Article 7

<a id="p100108"></a>Resolution of Disputes

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<a id="p100109"></a>Disputes related to the interpretation and implementation of this Agreement shall be resolved by the Commission. Disputes which can not be resolved by the Commission shall be settled through consultation and negotiation between the Parties.

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<a id="p100110"></a>Article 8

<a id="p100111"></a>Authorized Bodies

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1. <a id="p100112"></a>In accordance with the legislations of their States, the Parties shall designate bodies authorized to implement this Agreement, and notify each other thereof through diplomatic channels.
2. <a id="p100113"></a>If one of the Parties decides to assign tasks related to this Agreement to another body, that Party shall inform the other Party thereof through diplomatic channels in advance.
3. <a id="p100114"></a>The authorized bodies of the Parties shall interact directly.

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<a id="p100115"></a>Article 9

<a id="p100116"></a>Sending of Representatives

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<a id="p100117"></a>In the framework of the implementation of this Agreement the authorized body of either Party may send its representatives to the territory of the State of the other Party as agreed with the authorized body of that other Party.

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<a id="p100118"></a>Article 10

<a id="p100119"></a>Final Provisions

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1. <a id="p100120"></a>This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the last written notification of the completion by the Parties of the national procedures necessary for its entry into force.
2. <a id="p100121"></a>Amendments may be made to this Agreement.
3. <a id="p100122"></a>This Agreement shall be concluded for an indefinite period and remain in force six months after the date when one of the Parties notifies through diplomatic channels the other Party in a written form of its intention to terminate this Agreement.

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<a id="p100123"></a>Done at Istanbul on December 3rd, 2012, in two copies, each in the Russian, Turkish and English languages, all texts being equally authentic.

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