NUR-SULTAN. Nov 20 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan no longer intends to be a party to an intergovernmental agreement with Russia on interaction during missile launches from the Dombarovsky launch area in Russia's Orenburg region, which envisages the use of a plot of land in Kazakhstan as a drop zone for detaching missile parts.
The relevant decree of the Kazakh government of November 19, 2020 has been published in the country's information and legal system of legislative acts.
"The Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan [shall] notify the government of the Russian Federation as established by the legislation of the intention of the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan to no longer be a party to the agreement between the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the government of the Russian Federation on interaction during the launch of missiles from the Dombarovsky launch area using a plot of land in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan as a drop zone for their detaching missile parts, which was reached in Astana on October 15, 2015," the decree reads.
The decree entered into effect the day of its signing.
The agreement was signed following Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Kazakhstan in November 2015. As reported, in accordance with the document, Kazakhstan would temporarily grant Russia its territory for $460,000 a year.