The Agreement was signed in Astana on May 22, 2008.
It lays the legal and organisational foundations for mutually advantageous cooperation between the two countries on space exploration, remote Earth probes, development of spacecraft, launch vehicles and other equipment related to space activity, construction and development of ground-based space infrastructure, and launches of spacecraft and scientific apparatuses.
The Agreement also provides for planning and implementing joint projects and programmes and reciprocal exchange of scientific and technical information, special knowledge and experimental data, the results of research and development work and materials in various areas of space equipment and technology.