“We have received from the U.S. Embassy an official note, where it stated that the US government decided to start the procedure of withdrawal from the Treaty on open skies,” – said Ryabkov. His words leads TASS.
Recall, the US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo on the eve promised to comply with all necessary formalities and to notify on Friday foreign partners about its decision.
the Agreement, signed in 1992 in Helsinki, allows the U.S., Russia and three dozens of countries to carry out reconnaissance flights over each other’s territories to strengthen mutual trust.
