The United States accused Russia of violating the Treaty on open skies
Washington started the implementation of the response, but is willing to cancel them if Russia will return to fulfill the obligations under the contract.
Moscow. September 27. INTERFAX.RU — the United States accused Russia of reneging on the terms of the open skies Treaty and begin to implement retaliatory steps, said to “Interfax” a source in the state Department.
“We have been concerned with the question of execution by Russia of the Treaty on open skies. After repeated and unsuccessful attempts at diplomatic cooperation with Moscow, we decided to take some reasonable and comparable steps in response to the failure of Russia’s obligations,” — said “Interfax” a representative of the American foreign Ministry, who requested anonymity.
According to the source, Washington is hoping, “that it will bring changes to the calculations of the Russian side and will encourage her to a more constructive response to our concerns”.
“We are ready at any time to cancel the measures if Russia will return to perform their obligations under the Treaty on open skies,” the diplomat said.