The Eurasian Economic Union countries will sign an agreement to establish an authority investigating air crashes in August or September, Russian Transport Minister Yevgeny Ditrikh told reporters on Tuesday.

“We are now working on this. We plan to complete it in August–September this year. At least, we are preparing this agreement now, we expect to sign it in August–September,” Ditrikh said.

Russia plans to quit the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) after the creation of a new entity, former Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov said.