Qatar- Russian Inspectors to Perform Observation Flight over Turkey

2/1/2016 5:53:04 AM

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Moscow February 01 (QNA) - Russian inspectors will perform an observation flight over the territory of Turkey within the framework of the Open Skies Treaty a senior Russian Defense Ministry official said.
"As part of implementation of the international Open Skies Treaty a Russian group of inspectors plans to conduct a surveillance flight on board a Russian An-30B aircraft over the territory of Turkey" chief of the ministry's National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center Sergey Ryzhkov said.
"The observation flight will be performed on February 1-5 2016 from the Eskisehir airfield" Ryzhkov said adding that maximum range of the flight will be 1900 kilometers.
This will be the first observation flight by Russia over the territories of the Open Skies treaty members in 2016 according to Russia's (TASS) News Agency.
He said the flight would be conducted along an agreed route and Turkish specialists on board will control the use of surveillance equipment and observation of treaty provisions.
The Open Skies Treaty was signed in 1992 and has 34 member states. It entered into force in 2002. Surveillance flights are conducted over Russia the United States Canada and European countries.
The key tasks of the treaty are to develop transparency monitor the fulfillment of armament control agreements and expand capabilities to prevent crises in the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and other international organizations. (QNA)

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