The United States is taking action in response to attributed to Russia of the open skies Treaty that provides for mutual inspections of countries in the airspace of each other. About it RIA Novosti said the representative of the state Department.
“We have long been concerned about the observance by Russia of the Treaty on open skies. After repeated unsuccessful attempts at diplomatic communication with Moscow, we decided to take reasonable and proportionate measures in response to the failure by Russia [the Treaty],” — said the Agency interlocutor.
“We hope that this will change the calculations of Russia and encourage Russia to chat with us about our concerns in a more constructive manner,” he added.
The state Department spokesman said that Washington is ready to cancel these arrangements at any time if “Russia will return to compliance with its obligations under the Treaty on open skies”.
Earlier, the Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Joseph Dunford said that the United States “in June, informed Russia about violations of this Treaty.”
On 26 September The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed representatives of the Pentagon and the state Department reported that American authorities plan to soon announce restrictions on the flights of military aircraft Russia over the United States under Treaty on open skies. In particular, we are talking about Alaska and Hawaii.
According to sources in Washington believe that Moscow itself does not comply with the terms of this agreement. In particular, the us authorities claim that Russia is in violation of the Treaty has banned flights of us military planes over the Kaliningrad region.