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- This Agreement shall remain in force for a period of ten (10) years from the date of its entry into force. Thereafter, it shall remain in force for successive periods of ten (10) years unless Parties agree through diplomatic channels to terminate it in writing, at the latest twelve (12) months before the expiry of such a period of ten (10) years.
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- Notwithstanding paragraph 1 of this Article, a Contracting Party may terminate this Agreement at any time with twelve (12) months’ notice, in writing through their diplomatic channels to the other Contracting Party.
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- In the event that this Agreement expires or is terminated, a person remains entitled to a benefit which that person already acquired under this Agreement before its termination, and for as long as this person continues to fulfil the other conditions for entitlement to the benefit without interruption and continues to reside in the other Contracting Party.