Russia to Conduct Observation Flight Over Belgium, Netherlands Next Week

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia will conduct an observation flight over the territory of Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg (Benelux) under the Treaty on Open Skies on March 11-15, the acting head of the Russian Defence Ministry’s National Nuclear Risk Reduction Centre, Ruslan Shishin, said on Monday.
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"As part of the implementation of the international Treaty on Open Skies, Russia plans to perform an observation flight using a Russian An-30B surveillance aircraft over the Benelux territory", Shishin said, adding that the flight would occur on March 11-15.

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Shishin also said that a joint US-Norwegian mission will conduct a surveillance flight over the territory of Russia under the treaty on March 11-16.

"On March 11-16, under the framework of the implementation of the international Treaty on Open Skies, a joint mission by the United States and Norway will perform an observation flight over the territory of the Russian Federation on a US OC-135B observation aircraft from the Khabarovsk Novy Airport", he said.

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Last month, an American Boeing OC-135B observation aircraft carried out an observation flight over Russian territory from Khabarovsk's Novy ("New") airfield in compliance with the Treaty on Open Skies.

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