BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

14/02/2011

Belarus to get own Antarctic station

Belarus will start the construction of its own Antarctic station with Russia's assistance, ITAR-TASS reports.

The relevant preliminary agreement was reached at a recent meeting between Russia's envoy on international Arctic and Antarctic cooperation Arthur Chilingarov and Belarus' Natural Resources Minister Vladimir Tsalko.

Under the agreement Russia is also expected to hand over one of its stations to Belarus near the Molodezhnaya base.

Source:

http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/02/14/44352225.html




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