1. If either of the Contracting Parties considers it desirable to modify the terms of the present Agreement and the Annex thereto it may request a consultation with the aeronautical authorities of the State of the other Contracting Party. Consultations shall begin within a period of sixty (60) days from the date of the receipt of the request unless the aeronautical authorities of the State of the Contracting Parties agree upon the prolongation of that period.
2. The modifications of the Agreement shall come into effect on the date of the last written notification through diplomatic channels confirming that the Contracting Parties have fulfilled all their internal procedures for the entry into force of such modifications.
3. The modifications of Annex of the present Agreement may be made by an agreement between the aeronautical authorities of the States of the Contracting Parties.
Article 20
Registration of the Agreement
The present Agreement and any subsequent amendments thereto shall be registered with the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Article 21
Termination
1. Each Contracting Party may at any time give notice to the other Contracting Party of its decision to terminate the present Agreement. Such notice shall simultaneously be communicated to the International Civil Aviation Organization. In such case the Agreement shall terminate twelve (12) months after the date of receipt of the notice by the other Contracting Party unless the notice to terminate is withdrawn by mutual agreement before the expiry of this period.
2. In the absence of acknowledgement of receipt by the other Contracting Party, notice shall be deemed to have been received fourteen (14) days after the receipt of the notice by the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Article 22
Entry into force
1. The present Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the last written notification through diplomatic notes confirming that the Contracting Parties have fulfilled all their internal procedures for the entry into force of the present Agreement.
2. From the day the present Agreement comes into force, the Air Service Agreement between the Government of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, signed on 27 December 1962 with all annexes and amendments terminates in regard to relations between the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic.
The present Agreement shall remain in force for unlimited period unless either Contracting Party terminates it in accordance with Article 21 of the present Agreement.
In witness whereof the undersigned plenipotentiaries being duly authorized by their respective Governments, have signed the present Agreement.
Done in Damascus on 11 May 2010 in two originals each in the Russian, Arabic and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of any divergence of interpretation, the English text shall be applicable.
Annex
to the Air Services Agreement
Between the Government of the
Russian Federation and the
Government of the Syrian
Arab Republic
1. Route schedule
a) The designated airlines of the Russian Federation shall be entitled to operate international scheduled air services in both directions on the routes specified hereunder:
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