Russian Experts will inspect the sky over Italy, and Polish on the Ukrainian plane over Russia and Belarus in the framework of the Treaty on open skies.

The agreement was signed in 1992 and became one of the measures to strengthen trust in the EU as of the end of the Cold war. It operates since 2002, and gives countries the opportunity to openly collect data on the armed forces and events with one another. Usually flights Russia and NATO countries are carried out on a reciprocal basis.

Russian Flight (38th in 2014) will run from 24 to 28 November airfield open skies Rome (Ciampino) on the plane An-20B with a range of up to 2 015 kilometers. The flight will take place at the agreed route and Italian Experts in beauty will see how to use the equipment monitoring and implementation of the Treaty.

" Observation Flight is to support greater openness and transparency in the military activities of States parties to the Treaty, as well as strengthening security through confidence building measures, " explained the head of the Russian Center for reducing nuclear danger Sergey Ryzhkov.

Polish Flight will also make the plane an-30B from 24 to 28 November. This plane is not designed to use weapons, its Board and equipment have passed international certification With the participation of Russian experts and meet the requirements of the open skies Agreement. The flight route was also agreed, and Russian Experts in the salon will monitor compliance with all settings and arrangements.

The open skies Treaty gives countries the right under the agreed quotas to make flights of any of the territories of one another to monitor military activities. The agreement regulates the conduct of flight operations requirements aeroplane and Supervisory equipment. The Contract includes the vast number of NATO countries, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and neutral Sweden and Finland. While NATO countries decided not to control each other, for this reason, all data about them Russia collects herself.

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