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US tells Russia it won’t rejoin Open Skies arms control pact

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(VOVWORLD) - US officials said Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told the Russians that the administration had decided not to reenter the Open Skies Treaty, which had allowed surveillance flights over military facilities in both countries but that former President Donald Trump had withdrawn from. 
US tells Russia it won’t rejoin Open Skies arms control pact - ảnh 1An OC-135 Open Skies aircraft took off Sept. 14, 2018 from the flight line at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska (Photo: AFP/ VNA) 

The move comes just weeks before President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are to meet on June 16 in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Open Skies Treaty came into force in January 2002 and some 34 countries have ratified the agreement. It allows for unarmed short-notice reconnaissance flights by specially equipped aircraft, over the entire territory of another country to collect data on troop deployments, military facilities and so on. But, Moscow and Washington often accuse each other for violating the treaty.  


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