“As part of the implementation of the international Open Skies Treaty, Russia plans to carry out an observation flight on a Russian An-30B observation plane over German territory,” the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper quoted him as saying.

According to Ryzhkov, the flight over Germany will be operated from the Cologne-Bonn open airfield.

On February 25, it was reported that experts from Canada, the United States and Norway intend to carry out an observation flight over Russia as part of the implementation of the provisions of the Open Skies Treaty.