Russia’s cabinet of ministers approved a draft of an agreement with Serbia to increase flight safety, according to a decree signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

"[I hereby decree] to approve a draft of an agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the government of the Republic of Serbia on increased flight safety submitted by Russia’s Ministry of Transport and coordinated with the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and preliminarily developed with the Serbian side," the decree published on Saturday on the official portal of legal information said.

The agreement involves increasing the safety of the flights of civilian aircraft and decreasing their impact on the environment.