DUSHANBE, August 10, 2013, Asia-Plus – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has reportedly endorsed a Protocol on the Charter of the Pamir-Chacaltaya International Scientific and Research Center (ISRC).
According to the Russian government’s official website, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia is appointed to conduct negotiations with the Tajik side and sign this document.
The government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan and the Russian Federation on establishment and activity of the Pamir-Chacaltaya ISRC was signed in Dushanbe on August 29, 2008.
The Center was established by the Governments of Tajikistan and the Russian Federation to conduct nuclear and astrophysical researches of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays using advantage of an infrastructure of Ak-Arkhar high-altitude scientific site at the Pamirs and located on it a unique X-ray emulsion chamber set-up of Pamir Chacaltaya international emulsion chamber experiment, as well as to implement new projects on comprehensive studies of cosmic rays at mountain altitudes with currently operating and newly created experimental set-ups.
The Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) ratified the agreement on February 11, 2009 and Russia’s lower house (State Duma) of parliament ratified the agreement in November 2009.
