Unofficial translation
The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan hereby RESOLVED as follows:
1. To approve the attached Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Sultanate of Oman on mutual exemption from visa requirements of holders of diplomatic, special and service passports, committed in Muscat on June 11, 2018.
2. This resolution shall enter into force from the date of its signing.
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Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
А. Mamin |
AGREEMENT
between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Sultanate
of Oman on mutual exemption from visa requirements of holders of diplomatic, special and service passports
The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, hereinafter referred to as the "Parties,"
bearing in mind the desire of their states to strengthen friendly relations;
wishing to facilitate mutual travel of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and citizens of the Sultanate of Oman - holders of diplomatic, special and service passports, in the territory of the states of both Parties;
agreed on the following:
Article 1
The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to:
Citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, holding valid diplomatic and service passports.
Citizens of the Sultanate of Oman, holding valid diplomatic, special or service passports.
Article 2
Citizens of the state of each Party specified in Article 1 of this Agreement may enter, transit and leave the territory of the state of the other Party without visas for a period of up to 30 (thirty) calendar days from the date of entry, without the possibility of extending the stay.
Article 3
Citizens of the State of each Party specified in Article 1 of this Agreement, appointed to diplomatic missions, consular offices or representative offices of international organizations accredited in the territory of the State of the other Party, including members of their families, shall not be exempted from the visa requirements of the other Party and must obtain appropriate entry visas from the diplomatic mission or consular office of the State of the other Party before the first entry.
Article 4
Each of the Parties shall reserve the right to refuse entry, reduce or terminate the period of stay in the territory of its state of any citizen of the state of the other Party whose presence shall consider undesirable.
Article 5
The validity period of passports specified in Article 1 of this Agreement shall be at least six (6) months from the date of entry into the territory of the other Party.
Article 6
1. The citizens of the state of each Party referred to in Article 1 of this Agreement shall, during their stay in the territory of the other Party, comply with the national legislation and rules of that Party without prejudice to the provisions of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
2. The citizens of the State of each Party specified in Article 1 of this Agreement shall not engage in business activities in the territory of the State of the other Party.
Article 7
1. The citizens of the State of each Party, in the event of the loss of diplomatic, official or special passports, or their damage in the territory of the State of the other Party, shall report to the competent authorities of the receiving State, as well as to the diplomatic mission or consular office of their State.
2. The diplomatic mission or consular office concerned shall issue a new diplomatic, official or special passport or travel document to its citizens and shall so inform the competent authorities of the receiving State.
Article 8
1. For the purposes of implementation of this Agreement, the Parties shall exchange through diplomatic channels samples of valid passports specified in Article 1 of this Agreement not later than 30 (thirty) calendar days before the date of its implementation.
2. In case of new or introduction of amendments to passports specified in Article 1 of this Agreement, the Parties shall exchange through diplomatic channels samples of these passports not later than 30 (thirty) calendar days before the date of implementation of new or modified passports.
3. The Parties shall inform each other of amendments in their national legislations and rules relating to the issuance of passports referred to in Article 1 of this Agreement.
Article 9
1. Each Party shall reserve the right to suspend this Agreement temporarily, in whole or in part, in order to ensure national security, public order or public health.
2. A Party wishing to suspend this Agreement shall notify the other Party in writing through diplomatic channels of its decision no later than seven (7) calendar days prior to the date of its entry into force, and inform the other Party in writing of the termination of the suspension of this Agreement through diplomatic channels not later than seven (7) calendar days prior to the date of such decision coming into force.
3. Suspension of this Agreement shall not affect the legal status of citizens of each of the Parties, holders of passports specified in Article 1 of this Agreement, who at the time of entry into force of the decision on suspension of this Agreement shall be in the territory of the state of the other Party.
Article 10
This Agreement may, by mutual agreement of the Parties, be introduced with amendments and additions, which form an integral part of this Agreement and shall be executed by separate minutes, which enter into force in the procedure provided for in Article 13, paragraph 1 of this Agreement.
Article 11
Any disputes arising in the application and interpretation of the provisions of this Agreement shall be settled by consultation or negotiation between the Parties.
Article 12
This Agreement shall not affect the rights and obligations of the Parties arising from other international treaties to which their States shall be parties.
Article 13
1. This Agreement shall be concluded indefinitely and shall enter into force after thirty (30) calendar days from the date of receipt through diplomatic channels of the last written notice of the Parties' performance of the domestic procedures required for its entry into force.
2. This Agreement shall terminate after sixty (60) calendar days from the date of receipt by diplomatic channels of written notice to the other Party of the latter's intention to terminate this Agreement.
3. With the entry into force of this Agreement, the latter shall replace the Memorandum dated March 16, 2008 between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman on the exemption of holders of diplomatic passports from visa requirements.
Done in Muscat, June 11, 2018, in duplicate, each in Kazakh, Arabic, English and Russian, and all texts shall have the same force. In case of disagreement, the Parties shall refer to the English text.
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