Russia in bid to get Baikonur cosmodrome on Unesco list


A Russian Soyuz rocket booster standing on a launch pad at Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, in September. – EPA pic, October 29, 2017.

RUSSIA’S space corporation Roscosmos wants the Baikonur cosmodrome to be put on Unesco’s world heritage list as a joint nomination of Russia and Kazakhstan, according to TASS news agency.

It quoted the Secretary of the Russian commission on Unesco affairs Grigori Ordzhonikidze as saying that the head of Roscosmos has asked for assistance from Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in promoting the Baikonur complex, including its launch pad named after Yuri Gagarin, as a joint nomination for Russia and Kazakhstan. Lavrov heads the Russian commission on Unesco affairs.


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