ARTICLE 2
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
1. The Parties undertake to afford each other the widest measure of co-operation in respect of the transfer of prisoners in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
2. A person sentenced in the territory of one Party may be transferred to the territory of the other Party, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, in order to serve the sentence imposed on him. To that end, he may express his interest to the transferring State or to the receiving State in being transferred under this Agreement.
3. Transfer may be requested by either the transferring State or the receiving State.
4. Recognizing that National Security concerns may arise in implementing this Agreement, the Parties affirm their understanding that for such purpose, additional information may be required to enable processing of a request under this Agreement or may warrant a decline of a request.