Putin Finalizes Open Skies Treaty

Putin Finalizes Open Skies Treaty

President Vladimir Putin on Monday finalized Russia`s ratification of the 1992
Open Skies Treaty, allowing other countries to conduct surveillance flights over
Russian territory.

The Kremlin press service said that Putin signed the law ratifying the treaty,
which the two houses of parliament passed this spring.

The Open Skies Treaty was negotiated between countries that belonged to NATO and
the Soviet-era Warsaw Pact. The U.S. Senate ratified the agreement in 1993.

Under the pact, each country is allotted a quota of flights it can make over
other countries` territories using specified aircraft with sensors to monitor
military activity.

AP
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