The Russian Defense Ministry publishes the photo of a Tu-154M aircraft on its website on Aug. 12, 2019.
Russia's observation plane will take off from northwest Turkey's Eskisehir airfield and cover up to 1,900 kilometers.
MOSCOW, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Russia will carry out an observation flight over Turkey between Tuesday and Friday under the multilateral Treaty on Open Skies, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday.
Russia's Tu-154M LK-1 observation plane will take off from northwest Turkey's Eskisehir airfield and cover up to 1,900 kilometers over the member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the ministry said.
The Treaty on Open Skies took effect in 2002 and currently has 34 party states, including Russia, the United States, Turkey and some other NATO members.
The confidence-building and arms-control agreement has established a system of observation flights over its participants to gather information about their military forces and activities. ■
