Article VI Each of the High Contracting Parties shall accord to the nationals of the other the right to enter or to leave its territory and the right to travel, reside and carry on commerce throughout the whole extent of that territory. With regard to all legal proceedings and all matters relating to the administration of justice and the levying of taxes of whatever description, each of the two Governments will endeavour to accord to nationals and companies of the other treatment not less favourable than that enjoyed by its own nationals and companies in its own territory.
Article VII The High Contracting Parties mutually agree that the consular officers of one of the High Contracting Parties, duly provided with exequaturs, shall be permitted to reside in such ports, places and cities of the other High Contracting Party as may be agreed upon. The consular officers of one High Contracting Party shall have the right to interview, to communicate with and to advise the nationals of their country within their consular districts; they shall be informed immediately whenever the nationals of their country are under detention or arrest or in prison or are 4waiting trial in their consular districts and shall, upon notification to the appropriate authorities, be permitted to visit any such nationals; and in general, the consular officers of one High Contracting Party shall be accorded in the territory of the other High Contracting Party the rights, privileges and immunities enjoyed by consular officers under modem international usage. It is likewise agreed that the nationals of one High Contracting Party in the territory of the other High Contracting Party shat have the right at all times to communicate with the consular officers of their country. Communications to their consular officers from the nationals of one High Contracting Party who are under detention or arrest or in prison or are awaiting trial in the territory of the other High Contracting Party shall be forwarded to their consular officers by the local authorities. Article VIII The High Contracting Parties will enter into negotiations for the conclusion of a comprehensive modem treaty or treaties of friendship, commerce, navigation and consular rights upon the request of either of them or in any case No. 23
