Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine concerning Biomedical Research

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE AND THE FEDERAL SERVICE FOR NARCOTICS TRAFFIC CONTROL OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON COOPERATION IN COMBATING THE TRAFFICKING OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND PRECURSOR CHEMICALS

The Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Türkiye and the Federal Service for Narcotics Traffic Control of the Russian Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "Parties",

Deeply concerned by the dimensions of trafficking in and addiction to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (hereinafter referred to as "drugs"),

Aware that the trafficking of narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals constitutes a threat to the well-being and prosperity of their nations,

In accordance with the provisions of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Türkiye and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Cooperation in Combating the Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Precursor Chemicals, signed in Ankara on 14 December 1990,

Taking into consideration the provisions of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs as amended by the 1972 Protocol, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances and the 1988 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances,

Proceeding from the mutual interests and common desire of the Parties for effective cooperation in combating the trafficking of narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals,

Guided by their national legislations and the international obligations of their States,

Have agreed as follows:

Article 1

1. The subject of the present Memorandum of Understanding is cooperation between the Parties for the purpose of effectively countering the trafficking of narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals.

2. In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding, the Parties shall cooperate, in accordance with their national legislations and in compliance with their international obligations, within the limits of their powers.

3. The present Memorandum of Understanding shall not affect the existing procedures between the Parties for the extradition of criminals or mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.

Article 2

1. Under the provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding, cooperation between the Parties shall be carried out in the following forms:

a) Exchange of information on matters aimed at preventing the trafficking of narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals;

b) Investigative activities conducted within its competence by one of the Parties, upon the request of the other Party, relating to the trafficking of narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals;

c) Exchange of information and experience regarding measures aimed at reducing illicit demand for drugs;

d) The use of controlled delivery, in accordance with the national legislations of the Parties;

e) Mutual cooperation and assistance in the control of the legal circulation of narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals while conducting activities aimed at preventing their trafficking;

f) Exchange of experience, including through working meetings, conferences and workshops;

g) Exchange of information on national legislations, statistical data and new methods relating to the prevention of trafficking in narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals and to the regular control of their legitimate circulation;

h) Provision of basic and specialized training to personnel;

i) Material, technical and advisory assistance, in addition to assistance in the field of expertise;

j) The conduct of joint scientific research of mutual interest concerning the combating of trafficking in narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals;

k) Where deemed necessary, the exchange of test results of narcotic drugs seized in trafficking operations;

2. In order to implement the provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding and to expedite the exchange of information, the Parties may appoint Police Advisors and/or Attachés at the diplomatic missions of their States.

3. This Memorandum of Understanding shall not prevent the Parties from preparing and developing other mutually acceptable forms of cooperation.

Article 3

The exchange of information under this Memorandum of Understanding shall cover the following matters:

a) All crimes and offences relating to drug trafficking committed or in the preparation stage within the territories of the Parties' States, concerning both Parties or one of the Parties;

b) Persons suspected of engaging in cross-border drug trafficking;

c) Specific facts and incidents relating to the illegal transportation of drugs from the territory of one Party's State to the territory of the other Party's State;

d) Persons involved in criminal groups engaged in the trafficking of narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals with cross-border activities, as well as the connections of such structures, their structural characteristics, types of operations and management systems;

e) Existing or suspected connections between criminal groups or private individuals involved in the trafficking of narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals and operating within the territories of the Parties' States;

f) Forms and methods of criminal activities relating to the trafficking of narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals;

g) Activities aimed at laundering the proceeds derived from the trafficking of narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals;

h) Ways and methods that will reveal the source of trafficked narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals, together with measures aimed at stopping such trafficking;

i) Newly emerging types of drugs, production technologies and methods of use in drug trafficking;

j) Methods for the detection of concealment and camouflage techniques used in the cultivation, production, storage, transportation and sale of narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals;

k) Other matters of mutual interest.

Article 4

1. A request for assistance shall be made in writing and through secure channels of communication.

In urgent cases, a request for assistance may also be made by telephone; however, such oral requests shall be confirmed in writing or by other technical means within three days. Where technical means are used for the transmission of information, or where any doubt arises as to the origin or content of the request, the requested Party may ask the requesting Party to confirm the request in writing.

2. The request for assistance shall include the following information:

• The name of the requesting Party,

• The name of the requested Party,

• A brief description of the purpose and substance of the request,

• Any other information and data necessary for its implementation.

3. The Parties may request supplementary information where the request or response does not meet the existing requirements.

4. Within the framework of this Memorandum of Understanding, each Party shall transmit to the other Party, without prior request, information it deems to be in the interest of the other Party.

Article 5

1. The requested Party shall take all measures necessary for the prompt fulfillment of the request, to the extent possible. As a general rule, fulfillment is expected within 30 days of receipt of the request.

2. Provided that this does not contravene its national law, the requested Party may authorize the authorized representatives of the requesting Party to be present within its State's territory during the fulfillment of the request.

Article 6

1. Where it is impossible to fulfill the request or where the request is refused, the requested Party shall immediately notify the requesting Party in writing through technical means; shall inform the requesting Party of the reasons preventing the fulfillment of the request; and shall return the request together with all its annexes.

2. The requested Party may refuse the request in whole or in part where it believes that the fulfillment of the said request is likely to prejudice the independence, security or other essential interests of its State, or is contrary to its national legislation.

3. The Requested Party may postpone the fulfilment of the said request if it believes that the immediate fulfilment thereof may interfere with a criminal investigation or any other proceeding conducted within the borders of its own State, or may fulfil the said request under certain conditions deemed necessary following consultation with the Requesting Party. With the consent of the Requesting Party, assistance shall then be provided under the said conditions.

Article 7

1. Both Parties shall safeguard the confidentiality of documents and material contents, as well as of information, relating to matters of combating illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and precursor chemicals subject to information exchange between the Parties.

2. The Requesting Party shall use the information provided solely for the purposes specified in the request. The use of information for other purposes shall require the consent of the Requesting Party.

Article 8

The two Parties cooperating within the framework of this Memorandum of Understanding shall use the Turkish, Russian or English languages.

Article 9

1. The Parties shall, pursuant to the present Memorandum of Understanding, bear all costs arising from the fulfilment of obligations within the territories of their own States.

2. Each Party shall bear all travel and accommodation expenses of its representatives in the territory of the State of the receiving Party, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

3. Visits conducted by representatives of the Requesting Party shall take place subject to the prior consent of the Requested Party.

Article 10

Pursuant to this Memorandum of Understanding, the Parties shall hold working meetings, consultations and workshops, at least once a year on an alternating basis in their own countries, in order to make preparations for its future development and to assess the implementation of the cooperation.

The Parties shall establish a Joint Working Group in order to review cooperation in the field of combating drugs, to plan future cooperation activities and to develop new areas of cooperation.

This Working Group shall meet once a year, alternately in the Republic of Turkey and the Russian Federation respectively, and the host country shall chair the meetings.

Article 11

The specific forms of cooperation and financing arrangements set forth in subparagraphs h), i), j) and k) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of this Memorandum of Understanding shall be determined by separate arrangements to be concluded between the Parties.

Article 12

Amendments or additions may be made to this Memorandum of Understanding, with the mutual consent of the Parties, by means of separate protocols which shall constitute an integral part of the Memorandum of Understanding. The said Protocol shall enter into force in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article 14.

Article 13

The two Parties shall settle any dispute or difference that may arise concerning the interpretation or implementation of the provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding through consultations and negotiations.

Article 14

This Memorandum of Understanding shall enter into force on the day following the date of receipt of the last of the Notes whereby the Parties notify each other, through diplomatic channels, that all requirements for the entry into force of the Memorandum of Understanding have been fulfilled. This Memorandum of Understanding shall terminate three months after the date on which one of the Parties notifies the other Party in writing, through diplomatic channels, of its intention to terminate it.

This Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Ankara on 12/05/2010, in two copies each in the Turkish, Russian and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In the event of a dispute, the English text shall prevail.

For the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Turkey

Osman GÜNEŞ Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior

For the Federal Service of the Russian Federation for Narcotics Traffic Control

Viktor P. IVANOV Director

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

Between the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Turkey and the Federal Service of the Russian Federation for Narcotics Traffic Control on Cooperation in Combating Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Their Precursors

The Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Turkey and the Federal Service of the Russian Federation for Narcotics Traffic Control, hereinafter referred to as the Parties,

Deeply concerned by the magnitude of illicit trafficking in and abuse of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (hereinafter referred to as drugs),

Being aware that illicit trafficking in drugs and their precursors poses a serious menace to the prosperity and welfare of their nations,

In accordance with the provisions of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on cooperation in Combating Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Their Precursors, signed in Ankara on December 14, 1990,

Having regard to provisions of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, and the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988,

Motivated by their mutual interests and common will to cooperate effectively in combating illicit trafficking in drugs and their precursors,

Guided by their national legislation and international obligations of their States, Have agreed as follows:

Article 1

1. The subject of this Memorandum of Understanding shall be cooperation of the Parties with the purpose to organize effective counteraction against illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and their precursors.

2. Pursuant to this Memorandum of Understanding, the Parties shall cooperate within their competence under their national legislation and in compliance with their international obligations.

3. This Memorandum of Understanding does not affect the existing procedures on extradition or legal assistance in criminal matters between the Parties.

Article 2

1. In accordance with the provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding, the cooperation between the Parties shall be realized in the following forms:

a) Exchange of information on issues relating to counteracting illicit trafficking in drugs and their precursors;

b) Search activities, related to illicit traffic in drugs and their precursors, carried out by one Party, within the framework of its competence, upon a request of the other Party;

c) Exchange of information and experience concerning measures aimed at reducing illicit demand for drugs;

d) Use of controlled delivery in accordance with the national legislation of the Parties;

e) Mutual cooperation and assistance in control over the licit circulation of drugs and their precursors while conducting activities to counteract their illicit traffic;

f) Exchange of experience, including through working meetings, conferences and workshops;

g) Exchange of information on national legislations, statistical data and new methods relating to illicit traffic in drugs and their precursors as well as regulated control over their licit circulation;

h) Basic and expertise training for the staff;

i) Material, technical and advisory assistance, as well as the assistance in expertise;

j) Realization of joint scientific researches of mutual interest on the problems of combating illicit drugs and their precursors' trafficking;

k) Exchange of results of drugs testing seized from illicit traffic deemed necessary.

2. In order to implement the provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding and accelerate the information exchange, the Parties may assign the Police Advisors and/or Attachés at the diplomatic missions of the States.

3. This Memorandum of Understanding does not impede the Parties from elaboration and development of any other mutually acceptable form of cooperation.

Article 3

Under this Memorandum of Understanding, the information exchange shall cover the following topics:

a) Any kind of illicit drug trafficking crime and offence which concern both or any of the Parties, that have been committed or are under preparation within the territories of the Parties' States:

b) Individuals suspected of cross-border illicit drugs trafficking;

c) Particular facts and events related to illicit transportation of drugs from the territory of one Party's State to the territory of the other Party's State;

d) Links, structures, business types, management system and persons involved in criminal groups conducting illicit trafficking in drugs and their precursors that include activities having a transnational nature;

e) Links that exist or are suspected to exist between criminal groups or particular persons that are involved in illicit trafficking in drugs or their precursors and that conduct activities in the territories of the Parties' States;

f) Forms and methods of criminal activities related to illicit trafficking in drugs and their precursors;

g) Activities directed to the laundering of proceeds from illicit trafficking in drugs and their precursors;

h) Forms and methods used to reveal the sources of drugs and their precursors coming into illicit traffic, as well as the measures aiming to suppress such traffic;

i) Types of drugs, technologies of their production and methods of use newly emerged in illicit trafficking;

j) Methods to detect the concealment and camouflage methods used in the cultivation, production, storage, transportation and sale of drugs and their precursors;

k) Other issues of mutual interest.

Article 4

1. Requests for assistance shall be in writing and conveyed through secure means of communication.

In urgent cases, requests for assistance by phone may be accepted, but such verbal requests shall be confirmed in writing or through other technical means within three days.

When using technical means of information transmission or in case of any doubt concerning the origin or content of the request, the requested Party may ask the requesting Party for confirmation in writing.

2. The request for assistance shall include the following information:

• Name of the requesting Party;

• Name of the requested Party;

• Brief description of the purpose and essence of the request;

• Any other information or data necessary for its execution.

3. Complimentary information may be requested by the Parties in cases where the request or reply does not meet the present requirements.

4. Within the framework of this Memorandum of Understanding, each Party shall convey any information which, in its view, is in the interest of the other Party, without its prior request.

Article 5

1. The requested Party shall take all necessary measures to ensure, to the extent possible, the prompt and complete execution of the request. As a rule, the request is expected to be executed within 30 days following the date of its receipt.

2. The requested Party may authorize the empowered representatives of the requesting Party to be present during the execution of the request on the territory of its State, if this does not contradict the national legislation of the requested Party.

Article 6

1. If execution of the request is not possible or in case of refusal, the requested Party shall immediately notify the requesting Party in writing through technical means and inform it of the reasons which impede its execution, returning the request and all enclosures to the requesting Party.

2. The request may be denied in full or in part if the requested Party believes that its execution could prejudice the sovereignty, security or other essential interests of its State or contradicts its national legislation.

3. If the requested Party believes that the immediate execution of the request could prevent criminal prosecution or any other procedure carried out within its country, that Party may postpone the execution of the request or may impose conditions for its execution, as may be necessary after consultations with the requesting Party. With the consent of the requesting Party, the assistance shall then be afforded under these conditions.

Article 7

1. Both Parties shall secure the confidentiality of the information, as well as of the content of documents and materials related to the matters of counteracting illicit trafficking in drugs and their precursors, which are subject to exchange between the Parties.

2. The requesting Party shall use the information provided only for the purposes stated in the request. The use of information for other purposes shall require the consent of the requested Party.

Article 8

Both Parties cooperating within this Memorandum of Understanding shall use the Turkish, Russian or English languages.

Article 9

1. The Parties shall bear all expenses in connection with the fulfillment of their obligations within the territory of their States under this Memorandum of Understanding.

2. Each Party shall provide all travel and accommodation expenses of its representatives on the territory of the accepting Party's State, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties in writing.

3. Visits of representatives of the requesting Party shall be realized with the prior consent of the requested Party.

Article 10

In order to evaluate the implementation of the cooperation under this Memorandum of Understanding as well as to elaborate on its further development, the Parties shall organize working meetings, consultations and workshops at least once a year alternately in their respective countries.

The Parties shall establish a Joint Working Group to review cooperation in combating drugs, to plan future cooperation activities and to promote new fields of cooperation.

This Working Group shall meet on an annual basis alternately in the territories of the Republic of Turkey and the Russian Federation, and the meetings shall be chaired by the host country.

Article 11

The concrete forms of cooperation provided by sub-items h), i), j), k) of item 1 of Article 2 of this Memorandum of Understanding and the ways of its financing shall be defined by separate arrangements between the Parties.

Article 12

This Memorandum of Understanding may be amended or supplemented by mutual consent of the Parties, which shall be executed by separate protocols constituting an integral part of this Memorandum of Understanding. Such protocols shall enter into force in accordance with the procedures provided for in Article 14.

Article 13

Both Parties shall resolve any dispute or difference which may arise in connection with the interpretation or application of this Memorandum of Understanding through consultations and negotiations.

Article 14

This Memorandum of Understanding shall enter into force on the date following the day of the receipt of the latter of the Notes by which the Parties inform each other through diplomatic channels that the requirements necessary for its entry into force have been completed. This Memorandum of Understanding shall cease to have effect after three months from the date of the written notification by either Party to the other Party, through diplomatic channels, of its intention to terminate it.

Done in Ankara on 12/05/2010 in duplicate, each in Turkish, Russian and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of any divergence, the English text shall prevail.

FOR THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR FOR THE FEDERAL SERVICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR NARCOTICS TRAFFIC CONTROL

OSMAN GUNES Viktor P. IVANOV Undersecretary Director of the Ministry of Interior

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY AND THE FEDERAL SERVICE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR NARCOTICS TRAFFIC CONTROL ON COOPERATION IN COMBATING ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN NARCOTIC DRUGS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AND THEIR PRECURSORS

The Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Turkey and the Federal Service of the Russian Federation for Narcotics Traffic Control, hereinafter referred to as the Parties,

recognizing the growing scale of the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (hereinafter referred to as "drugs") and their abuse,

realizing that the illicit trafficking of drugs and their precursors poses a serious threat to the well-being and health of the populations of the States of the Parties,

in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Cooperation in Combating the Illicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and Their Abuse, signed in Ankara on 14 December 1990,

taking into account the provisions of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, and the United Nations Convention against the Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988,

proceeding from mutual interest and a unified approach to adopting effective measures aimed at combating the illicit trafficking of drugs and their precursors,

guided by the legislation and international obligations of their States,

have agreed as follows:

Article 1

1. The subject of this Memorandum of Understanding is cooperation between the Parties with the aim of organizing effective resistance to the illicit trafficking of drugs and their precursors.

2. In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding, the Parties carry out cooperation within the framework of their competence and in accordance with the legislation and international obligations of their States.

3. This Memorandum of Understanding does not affect issues of the provision and granting of legal assistance in criminal matters between the Parties.

Article 2

1. In accordance with the provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding, cooperation between the Parties is carried out in the following forms:

a) exchange of information on matters of combating the illicit trafficking of drugs and their precursors;

b) provision, within the framework of its competence, by one Party, at the request of the other Party, of operational and investigative information on matters related to the illicit trafficking of drugs and their precursors;

c) exchange of information and responses to matters of reducing the illicit demand for drugs;

d) controlled delivery carried out in accordance with the national legislation of the Parties;

e) interaction and rendering of mutual assistance in monitoring the legal trafficking of drugs and their precursors and in conducting measures to combat their illicit trafficking;

f) exchange of work experience, including through the holding of meetings, conferences and seminars;

g) exchange of information on national legislation, statistical data and new methods on matters of combating the illicit trafficking of drugs and their precursors, including the control over their legal trafficking;

h) professional and advanced training of personnel;

i) provision of material-technical and consultative assistance, as well as assistance in conducting expert examinations;

j) conducting joint scientific research, of mutual interest, on problems of combating the illicit trafficking of drugs and their precursors;

k) exchange, where necessary, of the results of analyses of drugs seized from illicit trafficking.

2. For the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding and reducing the timeframes for the transmission of information, the Parties may appoint their police attachés and/or attachés at the diplomatic missions of their States.

3. This Memorandum of Understanding does not prevent the Parties from developing and improving other mutually acceptable forms of cooperation.

Article 3

Within the framework of this Memorandum of Understanding, the exchange of information is carried out with respect to:

a) acts related to the illicit trafficking of drugs, offenses and crimes involving both or one of the Parties, committed or being prepared on the territory of the State of either Party;

b) persons suspected of participation in the illicit transboundary trafficking of drugs;

c) concrete facts or events related to the illicit movement of drugs from the territory of the State of one Party to the territory of the State of the other Party;

d) the structure, personnel composition, spheres of activity, organization of management and connections of criminal groups that are involved in the illicit trafficking of drugs and their precursors and whose activity is of a transnational character;

e) existing or presumed contacts between individual persons and criminal groups operating on the territory of the States of the Parties and connected with the illicit trafficking of drugs and their precursors;

f) forms and methods of carrying out criminal activity related to the illicit trafficking of drugs and their precursors;

g) activity aimed at the legalization (laundering) of proceeds obtained from the illicit trafficking of drugs and their precursors;

h) forms and methods of identifying the sources of the entry of drugs and their precursors into illicit trafficking and measures to curtail such illicit trafficking;

i) new types of drugs appearing in illicit trafficking, technologies of their manufacture and use;

j) means of identifying methods of concealment and masking of drugs and their precursors during cultivation, production, storage, transportation and sale;

k) other matters of mutual interest.

Article 4

1. A request for assistance is transmitted in written form by secure means of communication.

In cases not tolerating delay, a request may be accepted by telephone; however, it must be confirmed within three days in written form or through the use of technical means.

When using technical means for the transmission of information, as well as when doubts arise regarding the completeness or content of the received request, the requested Party may ask the requesting Party for confirmation in written form.

2. A request for assistance contains:

• the name of the requesting Party;

• the name of the requested Party;

• a brief statement of the substance of the request and its justification;

• other information necessary for its execution.

3. The Parties may request additional information if the request or the response to it does not comply with the requirements.

4. The transmission of any information of interest to the other Party, within the framework of this Memorandum of Understanding, is carried out by either Party without prior request.

Article 5

1. The requested Party takes all necessary measures to ensure the expeditious and, where possible, more complete execution of the request. The request is executed, as a rule, within a period not exceeding 30 days from the date of its receipt.

2. The requested Party may permit the authorized representatives of the requesting Parties to be present during the execution of the request on the territory of its State, if this does not contradict the legislation of its State.

Article 6

1. In case of impossibility or refusal to execute a request, the requested Party immediately notifies the requesting Party thereof in written form through the use of technical means, and communicates the reasons preventing the execution of the request; in this case, the request, with all its attachments, is returned to the requesting Party.

2. The execution of a request may be refused in full or in part if the requested Party considers that its execution may cause damage to the sovereignty, security or other essential interests of its State or contradicts the legislation of its State,

The Requested Party may consider that the immediate execution of the request may prejudice criminal proceedings conducted on its territory, it may postpone the execution of the request or determine the necessary conditions for its execution, after consultations with the Requesting Party. Upon the agreement of the Requesting Party, the material shall be provided under these conditions.

Article 7

1. The Parties shall ensure the confidentiality of information, as well as the content of documents and materials on matters of combating the illicit trafficking of narcotics and their precursors, exchanged between the Parties.

2. The Requested Party shall use the received information only for the purposes specified in the request. The use of the information for other purposes requires the consent of the Requested Party.

Article 8

The Parties shall use Turkish, Russian or English in implementing cooperation within the framework of this Memorandum of Understanding.

Article 9

1. The Parties shall bear all expenses related to the fulfilment of their obligations under this Memorandum of Understanding on their own territories.

2. The Parties shall assume all expenses, including placement expenses, related to the visits of their representatives to the territory of the receiving Party, unless the Parties have not reached a different understanding.

3. Travels of representatives of the Requesting Party shall be carried out with the preliminary consent of the Requested Party.

Article 10

In order to consider the implementation of cooperation provided for by this Memorandum of Understanding, and to develop directions for its further improvement, the Parties shall, on the basis of reciprocity, hold joint working meetings, conferences and seminars no less than once a year, alternately in each of the Parties' states.

The Parties shall establish a joint working group to assess cooperation in combating narcotics, to plan subsequent joint measures and to identify new areas of cooperation.

The Parties shall hold annual meetings of the working group, alternately on the territory of the Republic of Turkey and the Russian Federation, with the representation of the receiving Party.

Article 11

The specific conditions of implementing the cooperation provided for by sub-paragraphs "a", "b", "c", "d" of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of this Memorandum of Understanding, and the modalities of its financing shall be determined by separate arrangements between the Parties.

Article 12

By decision of the Parties, amendments and additions may be made to this Memorandum of Understanding in the established manner, which shall be formalized by separate protocols and shall constitute an integral part of this Memorandum of Understanding. The protocols shall also enter into force in accordance with the procedure provided for by Article 14 of this Memorandum of Understanding.

Article 13

The Parties shall resolve all disputes or disagreements that may arise in connection with the interpretation or application of the provisions of this Memorandum of Understanding through consultations and negotiations.

Article 14

This Memorandum of Understanding shall enter into force on the date of receipt, through diplomatic channels, of written notification from the Parties on the completion of internal procedures necessary for the entry into force of this Memorandum of Understanding. This Memorandum of Understanding shall remain in force until the expiration of three months from the date of receipt by one of the Parties of written notification through diplomatic channels from the other Party of its intention to terminate the operation of this Memorandum of Understanding.

Done in Ankara on "12" May 2010 in two copies, each in Turkish, Russian and English. In case of divergence of interpretations, the English text shall prevail.

FOR THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

FOR THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY RESPONSIBLE FOR COUNTERNARCOTICS

Ostap Yurevich IVANOV First Deputy Minister / Director