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February 23 (Reuters) – The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the committee’s top Republican Biden administration of China weather routes and other non-American carriers Russia over USA called to stop flights on its routes.
Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez and the committee’s top Republican, James Risch, in a letter seen by Reuters Biden administration Russia of any commercial airline flying over its territory USA weather called to ensure that he does not come to the port or leave.
He also called the administration “USA individuals, citizens and permanent residents Russia encouraged to categorically and openly discourage flights over its territory.
US airlines and other foreign carriers are banned from flying over Russia. After the U.S. imposed a ban on flights to Russia following its invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, Russia withdrew from the U.S. weather banned flights to its routes.
“A byproduct of the current situation is that it puts US airlines at a competitive disadvantage compared to airlines from other countries that want to do business with Russia,” senators wrote to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. The White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
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The agencies had no immediate comment.
US carriers currently fly from the US to Shanghai via a stop in Incheon, South Korea, while Chinese carriers fly directly to the US via Russian airspace.
China’s embassy in Washington did not immediately comment.
Senators Biden want the administration to ban flights of visiting US government officials known to be using Russian airspace.
“The risk to Americans flying over Russian airspace is real, as demonstrated by Russian-backed separatists shooting down a Malaysia Airlines flight, killing all 298 passengers on board, or by the government of Belarus using a false bomb threat as an excuse. He ordered Ryanair to fly over his territory so that he could hold a certain passenger,” the senators wrote.
“Proactive actions taken by the Administration now will protect Americans from these significant risks, as well as close off the source of funding for the Russian government and eliminate the unfairness that puts U.S. companies at a disadvantage in the face of foreign competition.”
Reporting by David Shepardson; Edited by Lincoln Holiday
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2023-02-24 03:49:20
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