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- Each Contracting Party grants to the other Contracting Party except as otherwise specified in the Annex the following rights for the conduct of international air transportation by the designated airline of the other Contracting Party:
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- a)the right to fly across its territory without landing;
- b)the right to make stops in its territory for non-traffic purposes; and
- c)while operating an agreed service on a specified route, the right to make stops in its territory for the purpose of taking up and discharging international traffic in passengers, cargo and mail, separately or in combination.
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- Nothing in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be deemed to grant the right to one Contracting Party's airline to participate in air transportation between points in the territory of the other Contracting Party.
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- If because of armed conflict, political disturbances or developments, or special and unusual circumstances, the designated airline of one Contracting Party is unable to operate a service on its normal routing, the other Contracting Party shall use its best efforts to facilitate the continued operation of such service through appropriate rearrangements of such routes, including the grant of rights for such time as may be necessary to facilitate viable operations.