OREANDA-NEWS. On December 14, 2007 Ukraine and Algeria has signed a framework intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in exploration and peaceful use of space, the National Space Agency of Ukraine reported.

On the part of Ukraine the document was signed by NSAU Director General Yuriy Alekseyev, on the part of Algeria General Director of the Algerian Space Agency (ASAL) Azzedine Oussedik.

The framework agreement will allow creating a legal basis for cooperation in the space sphere between the two countries.

During the NSAU delegation's visit to Algeria the parties also discussed the likelihood of realization of joint space projects. With a view of concretization of directions of cooperation, in the first half of 2008 an ASAL delegation will visit Ukraine.