White House Open Skies Treaty
The trump administration is expected to pull out of the open skies treaty which allows unarmed surveillance flights over american russian and several other countries territories in a.
White house open skies treaty. The united states will pull out of the open skies treaty an arms control pact with russia according to the department of state on sunday on may 22 2020 the united states exercised its right pursuant to paragraph 2 of article xv of the treaty on o. Today marks six months since the united states submitted our notice of withdrawal from the treaty on open skies. The administration s decision to withdraw the united states from the open skies treaty is a slap in the face to our allies in europe leaves our deployed forces in the region at risk and is. White house quits open skies treaty branding it outdated and violated by russia.
White house pulls us out of open skies treaty with russia. The white house national security council has formally confirmed that the united states is no longer a party to the open skies treaty announcing the decision on twitter. The united states will pull out of the open skies treaty an arms. The united states will pull out of the open skies treaty an arms control pact with russia according to the department of state on sunday.
On may 22 2020 the united states exercised its right pursuant to paragraph 2 of article xv of the treaty on open skies by providing notice to the treaty depositaries and to. Us 14 12 gmt 22 11 2020 updated 15 52 gmt 22 11 2020 the trump administration announced its intention to withdraw from the open skies treaty in may accusing russia of violating its conditions. The open skies treaty was meant to contribute to international security but it has been twisted and perverted in its implementation and now serves russian purposes inimical to that security. We understand that many of our allies and partners in europe still find value in the treaty and we are grateful for the thoughtful feedback they have offered us during the course of our review of these.