Belgium chairs the Conference of the “Open Skies” treaty, a cornerstone of the European security architecture
(WorldNews Belgium)

This year Belgium will chair the fourth Review Conference of the `Open Skies` treaty from 7 to 9 October. This conference takes place every five years. The previous three conferences were organized by Germany (2005), the USA (2010) and Belarus (2015). The `Open Skies` treaty offers the possibility to carry out unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the entire territory of the 34 states parties. In this way it is possible to...