Americans and Norwegians will inspect the territory of Russia with air under the Treaty on open skies, told reporters the head of the national Center for reducing nuclear danger Sergey Ryzhkov.

The foreign office for the last period of time are often over Russia in connection with a troubled situation in Ukraine and Russian-Ukrainian border. How many times stated the Deputy Minister of defense Anatoly Antonov, no suspicious and undeclared activities of the Russian military inspectors had not found.

" in the period from 5 to 8 may in the framework of implementation of the international Treaty on open skies joint mission of Norway and the USA will carry out observation flight over the territory of the Russian Federation on the Romanian aircraft observations, An-30, " said Ryzhkov.

Inspection will be held on a pre-agreed route with the assistance of Russian experts that monitor the strict observance of the agreed flight parameters and use under the agreement sensors. No weapons on the plane is not planned.

The open skies Treaty was adopted by the 27 member States of the Organization for security and co-operation in the European Union in 1992 in Helsinki. Its goal is to strengthen mutual understanding and trust. Everyone who attended the opportunity openly to collect data on the armed forces and events that cause them concern. At present parties to the Treaty " open sky " are 34 countries. Russia ratified the Treaty on may 26, 2001.

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