Russia and the UAE signed an agreement on the transfer of convicts sentenced to actual deprivation of liberty.
According to TASS, the documents were signed on June 26 by the Minister of Justice of Russia Alexander Konovalov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the UAE Abdullah bin al Nahyan.
"Russian Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov and UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdullah bin al Nahyan signed an agreement... on the transfer of persons condemned to imprisonment," the Agency quotes the message of the Ministry of Justice.
It is noted that the signing of the agreement had been assigned to the Russian Ministry of Justice by the President of Russia.
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