The agreement between the Russian and Canadian governments on cooperation in destruction of chemical weapons, disposal of decommissioned nuclear submarines and the inventory, control and protection of nuclear materials and radioactive substances was signed at Sea Island on June 9, 2004.
The agreement facilitates the development of an organisational and legal framework for long-term cooperation between Russia and Canada under the agreements reached on the G-8’s global partnership against the proliferation of weapons and materials of mass destruction. It also lays the legal foundation for receiving free financial and technical assistance from Canada for the implementation in Russia of priority programmes to destroy chemical weapons stockpiles and dispose of decommissioned nuclear submarines.