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Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its approval about an MoU, which was signed on March 29,2019 between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Bolivian Space Agency on Cooperation in the Exploration and Uses of Outer Space for peaceful purposes during the visit of President of India to Bolivia. The MoU will help develop a joint activity in the field of application of space technologies for the benefit of humanity.It enables the following potential interest areas of cooperation such as remote sensing of the earth, satellite communication, satellite based navigation, use of spacecraft and space systems and ground system.The MoU would lead to set up a Joint Working Group, drawing members from ISRO and the Bolivian Space Agency (ABE), which will further work out the action plan including the time-frame and the means of implementing this MoU.