Cabinet apprised on MoU on use of outer space between India, Armenia

The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was apprised about a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space between India and Armenia.
The MoU was signed in April 2017 during Vice President Hamid Ansari's visit to Armenia.
The pact shall enable cooperation in areas such as space science, technology and applications including remote sensing, satellite communication and satellite-based navigation, space science and planetary exploration, use of spacecraft and space systems and ground system.
The MoU would also lead to setting up of a Joint Working Group, drawing members from ISRO and the State Committee of Sciences of the Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.

The Joint Working Group will further work out the plan of action including the time-frame and the means of implementing this pact.
Armenia has expressed interest in cooperating with India in the area of space.
Accordingly, a template of framework MoU for space cooperation was provided for further processing at the government level, for which the Armenian side gave its concurrence in April 2017.