"Open Skies" between Romania and Ukraine
The ”Open Skies” programme, in which 34 countries take part including the US and Russia provides for mutual observation flights of jointly agreed areas in the signatory countries.
Articol de Radio România Internaţional, 17 Martie 2014, 08:17
An unarmed airplane of the Romanian Air Forces will take part between March the 17th and 21st in observation missions in Ukraine, as part of an international programme called "Open Skies".
The mission has been recently confirmed by the Romanian president Traian Basescu.
No details have been officially provided on the areas in Ukraine to be inspected or on whether the mission will cover the Crimean Peninsula.
The ”Open Skies” programme, in which 34 countries take part, including the US and Russia, provides for mutual observation flights of jointly agreed areas in the signatory countries.
Last year, Russian inspectors flew over Romania and Hungary, in view of enhancing transparency and confidence in the military and weapon control field.
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