Russian Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov delivers a speech at the UN Human Rights Council's main annual session on Feb 25, 2020 in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP)

MOSCOW - Participants in the Open Skies treaty will hold a conference on July 6 in light of the planned exit of the United States, Russia’s RIA news agency reported the foreign ministry as saying on Wednesday.

Last month the United States announced its intention to withdraw from the treaty which permits unarmed surveillance flights over member countries in the Trump administration’s latest move to pull the country out of major global agreements.

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