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Pentagon Backs Expanding Flight Deconfliction Agreement With Russia in Syria
Pentagon Backs Expanding Flight Deconfliction Agreement With Russia in Syria
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The Pentagon welcomes the expansion of the Memorandum of Understanding with Russia on flight operations in Syria, a US official said. 13.01.2017, Sputnik International
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Pentagon Backs Expanding Flight Deconfliction Agreement With Russia in Syria
16:57 GMT 13.01.2017 (Updated: 11:29 GMT 06.08.2022) The Pentagon welcomes the expansion of the Memorandum of Understanding with Russia on flight operations in Syria, a US official said.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Department of Defense supports the expansion of the Memorandum of Understanding with Russia on flight operations in Syria, Acting US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Elissa Slotkin said in a briefing on Friday.
"We have constantly improved upon that document since we started," Slotkin told reporters. "I am in total favor to expand upon it as needed."
11 January 2017, 09:45 GMT
On October 20, 2015, senior officials from the US Defense Department and the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a Memorandum of Understanding on flight safety in Syria's airspace which, to date, has proven effective.
In October 2016, US Central Command spokesman John Thomas told Sputnik the United States is searching for processes and technologies that can improve the effectiveness of communication and deconfliction with Russia.
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