New Delhi, 26 January 1975The Government of the Republic of INDIA
AND
The Government of the Republic of ZAMBIA,
INSPIRED by a common desire to establish and develop closer , cultural relations, and
DESIROUS of promoting and developing in every possible manner such relations and understanding between India and Zambia, especially
in the realm of art, culture, education including sport and mass media of information,
HAVE AGREED to conclude the following Agreement :
Article 1
The Contracting Parties shall facilitate and encourage cooperation in the fields of art and culture, education including sport and
mass media of information in order to contribute towards a better knowledge of their respective cultures and activities in these
fields.
Article 2
The Contracting Parties shall encourage and facilitate :
(a) reciprocal visits of professors and experts for delivering lectures; study tours and conducting special courses;
(b) reciprocal visits of representatives of education, literary, artistic, sport and journalists associations, organisation and participation
in congresses, conferences, symposia and seminars;
(c) exchange of materials in the fields of culture, education, sport, translation and exchange of books, periodicals and other educational,
cultural and sports publications, and wherever possible, exchange of art specimens.
Article 3
Each Contracting Party shall endeavour to provide facilities and scholarships to students and scholars of the other country seeking
to study in its institutions of higher education and research laboratories,
Article 4
Each Contracting Party shall examine the diplomas, certificates and university degrees granted by the other Party with a view to arriving
at their equivalence.
Article 5
Each Contracting Party shall endeavour to present different facets of life and culture of the other Party through the media of radio
television and press. With this end in view, the two Parties shall exchange suitable materials and programmes.
Article 6
The Contracting Parties shall facilitate and promote :
(a) exchange of artistes, and dance and music ensembles;
(b) exchange of art and other exhibitions;
(b) exchange of films, documentaries, radio and television programme recordings and recordings on discs and tapes; and
(d) exchange of experts in the field of cinematography and
participation in each other’s International Film Festivals.
Article 7
The Contracting Parties shall encourage visits of sport teams between the two countries and shall facilitate, subject, to the national
laws or regulations in force, their stay and movements in their respective territories.
Article 8
Each Contracting Party shall welcome the establishment in its country of friendship associations devoted to educational and cultural
pursuits by the other Contracting Party or the Contracting Parties jointly, in accordance with its laws or regulations and general
policy in this regard; it being understood that prior clearance of the Government concerned would be obtained before any association
is established under this Article.
Article 9
For the fulfilment of the objectives of the present Agreement, the Contracting Parties may establish a Joint Committee which shall
consist of an equal number of representatives from either side and the said Joint Committee shall meet as agreed upon between the
Contracting Parties at the request of either of them, alternately in New Delhi and Lusaka.
The Joint Committee will be responsible for drawing up periodical exchange programmes and reviewing the working of the present Agreement,
advising the Governments concerned in formulating and recommending any items of interest to either party in fields envisaged in the
present Agreement, as well as advising the manner in which. the working of this Agreement may be improved upon.
Article 10
The present Agreement shall come into force on the date of exchange of the Instruments of Ratification. It shall remain in force
for a period of three years and shall be renewed automatically from year to year unless notice of termination is given by one of
the Contracting Parties six months before the expiry of the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorised representatives of the Contracting Parties have hereunto set their hands and seals.
DATED at New Delhi this Twenty-Sixth day of January One Thousand Nine Hundred and Seventy-Five.
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Y. B. CHAVAN
Minister of External Affairs
Government of India
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V. J. MWAANGA
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Government of the Republic of Zambia
