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- Any dispute relating to the interpretation or application of this Agreement or of its Annex shall be settled by direct negotiations between the aeronautical authorities of the Contracting Parties. If the aeronautical authorities fail to reach an agreement, the dispute shall be settied through diplomatic channels.
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- If the Contracting Parties fail to reach a settlement by negotiations, the dispute may at the request of either Contracting Party be submitted for decision to a tribunal of three arbitrators, one to be named by each Contracting Party and the third to be agreed upon by the two arbitrators so chosen, provided that such third arbitrator shall not be a national of either Contracting Party. Each of the Contracting Parties shall designate an arbitrator within a period of sixty (60) days from the date of receipt by either Contracting Party from the other Contracting Party of a diplomatic note requesting arbitration of the dispute and the third arbitrator shall be agreed upon within a further period of sixty (60) days. If either of the Contracting Parties fails to designate its own arbitrator within the period of sixty (60) days or if the third arbitrator is not agreed upon within the period indicated, the President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization may be requested by either Contracting Party to appoint an arbitrator or arbitrators. The costs of arbitration shall be equally shared between the Contracting Parties. In all cases the third arbitrator shall be a national of a third State, shall act as chairman of the tribunal and shall determine the place where arbitration will be held. The arbitral tribunal shall settle its own procedure.
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- The Contracting Parties undertake to comply with any decision given under paragraph 2 of this Article.