BRAZIL: AGREEMENT TO THE EXTENSION OF SPACE COOPERATION

UNCLAS BRASILIA 000779 SIPDIS STATE FOR OES/SAT RFORD AND D.MURR STATE FOR L/OES FOR SIMONOFF STATE FOR OES/PCI FOR L. SPERLING STATE FOR WHA/BSC FOR D. SCHNIER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TSPA KSCA SENV BR SUBJECT: BRAZIL: AGREEMENT TO THE EXTENSION OF SPACE COOPERATION AGREEMENT REF: 2008 STATE 14945 ¶1. SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil agrees on the extension of the Cooperation Agreement in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space signed in 1996. END SUMMARY. ¶2. In response to the diplomatic note from Embassy (per REFTEL) proposing the extension of Brazil's participation in the cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space, on June 6, 2008, Post received a diplomatic note (DMAE/CGEUC/DAI/71/MESP) from Brazil's Ministry of External Relations agreeing to the extension of the Agreement. ¶3. An informal translation of the note is as follows: The Ministry of External Relations complements the United States of America Embassy and has the honor to refer to Diplomatic Note number 58 dated February 21, 2008, which proposes the extension, until January 31, 2009, of the Cooperation Agreement in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, signed at Brasilia on March 1, 1996. Regarding this matter, the Ministry of External Relations informs that the Government of Brazil agrees with the extension of the Agreement, in the terms proposed by that Embassy. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs equally agrees that the referenced and actual notes constitute an agreement between the two Governments to extend the Agreement, which shall enter into force on the date of July 9, 2007." SOBEL